Landmandan
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Hi All,
I am new and have said a hi on the intro page.
I have a 1980 petrol series 3 which was running sweet as a nut. 66,000 GENUINE miles and 3 owners. Started on first turn every time and pulled like a train. Then the head was changed as it cracked.
It was returned to me and straight away didnt start as it did before. It was "spluttering" as I drove it away and was like driving a different vehicle. I was told by the guy that "fixed" it that he thought the carb needed a refurb, but as I said it was fine before.
It has cut out on me on the way to work yesterday and would not start for half an hour. When its running its spluttering, backfiring, not getting a spark to all plugs and runs like a bag of spanners.
Fuel is getting through the carb.
Does this sound like the timing has not been set up correctly?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Dan
I am new and have said a hi on the intro page.
I have a 1980 petrol series 3 which was running sweet as a nut. 66,000 GENUINE miles and 3 owners. Started on first turn every time and pulled like a train. Then the head was changed as it cracked.
It was returned to me and straight away didnt start as it did before. It was "spluttering" as I drove it away and was like driving a different vehicle. I was told by the guy that "fixed" it that he thought the carb needed a refurb, but as I said it was fine before.
It has cut out on me on the way to work yesterday and would not start for half an hour. When its running its spluttering, backfiring, not getting a spark to all plugs and runs like a bag of spanners.
Fuel is getting through the carb.
Does this sound like the timing has not been set up correctly?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Dan