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Location: Near Elgin, NE Scotland | Hi
Hi Everyone.
My sons Mk2 Austin Metro A+ 1000cc has been running great for 2 years now but it has been running odd on occasions over the last 3 months and today it has given up. It went into Elgin which is about 15 miles away with no problems, after about 5 miles on the return journey it died, it then restarted and went about 250 yards and died again. I then got the help me phone call. It done the same for me, went about 300 yards and died. Turn the engine completely off for a few minutes and you can repeat the cycle again. It just looses power, the engine is running but it splutters a bit but keeps running. Turn it off for a few minutes and start it up again and you can drive it up through the gears for a few hundred yards and it then looses power again. It is as if the fuel filter gets clogged up with something and starves the engine of fuel, then when the engine is off the filter clears up a bit, until you start the engine up again and start driving again. Does any one have any experience of this or have any ideas what might be causing it. If it is the filter, where does it sit. The tank is half full with Shell unleaded petrol, the Power Spark electronic ignition distributor cap looks good and the rotary arm, Lucas sport coil is less than 2 years old, NGK plugs and Lumenition leads are about 2000 miles old, carb dash pot is topped up regularly with oil. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer us.
Kind Regards
Tom
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