[Jimmiboy]

I have a 2.25 that idles very slowly and when the engine is hot it won’t idle at all. Is this easy enough to adjust?

 

[Hicap phill]

I have a 2.25 that idles very slowly and when the engine is hot it won’t idle at all. Is this easy enough to adjust?

Petrol or diesel?

 

[Hicap phill]

Follow the accelerator rods to the carb & find the arm on the carb which opens it up. There should be a spring loaded screw stop which you wind in a turn to prevent the arm from closing the carb

 

[Jimmiboy]

Forgot to mention it’s petrol, thanks for that I’ll have a look tomorrow. Hopefully that’s all it is.

 

[Colthebrummie]

If that dont work, you might need to adjust the air/fuel mixture screw. First gently.screw it all the way in, not tight, then screw it back out about two and a half turns. That'll get you in the right ballpark, after that fine tune the mixture by.turning the screw a quarter of a turn either way.

Col

 

[Jimmiboy]

Follow the accelerator rods to the carb & find the arm on the carb which opens it up. There should be a spring loaded screw stop which you wind in a turn to prevent the arm from closing the carb

I did this today and it’s solved the idling issue. But it smells a bit rich now, if that makes any sense?

 

[kermit_rr]

Likely needs a service. Check the plugs, points, ignition timing and and set the carb from scratch

 

[dag019]

Forgot to mention it’s petrol, thanks for that I’ll have a look tomorrow. Hopefully that’s all it is.

Swap it for a diesel then you don’t need to mess around with carbs to get it to idle correctly

 

[Colthebrummie]

Swap it for a diesel then you don’t need to mess around with carbs to get it to idle correctly

Unless the pump timing goes out

Col

 

[Bobsticle]

Unless the pump timing goes out

Col

Unless anything goes out.
Mines been in the road for weeks after the rebuild and I’m still tweaking the life out of it.

 

[kermit_rr]

Swap it for a diesel then you don’t need to mess around with carbs to get it to idle correctly

At least you'll keep your teeth. And your hearing. And you'll do more than 30mph. And you won't be left feeling diseased if you have a proper petrol engine

 

[Jimmiboy]

I prefer petrol, I’ve got a V8 Discovery and a 2.0 Forester as well and all 3 are ULEZ compliant