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Hello there,
I just bought a 72 914 w/ a 1.8 according to the seller. I drove it about 5 hours home no problem. However, when I drive it now, I can run for about 30 minutes then it starts to lose power and buck. The car stalls if I take my foot off the gas. I have to pull over, shut it down for a few minutes and then i can drive off. It then does this every 5-15 minutes. I also think I added to much oil, how are you supposed to check the level, I heard the engine needs to be running? Now there is oil all throughout the engine bay. Did I blow oil out throuhg the air filters, and if so can I take them off to drive into town, about 12 miles. Please help I would love to fix this tomorrow. Thanks, Scooter |
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TravisNeff |
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Fuel or ignition. Pop the tops off the carbs and I betcha you'll find all sorts of rust chunks in there.
Every good diagnosis is to make sure every part that you can control is up to snuff before you start easter egging out parts. Adjust the valves, check dwell, timing - then go after the carbs/fuel system. It is almost always the basics which gets you. |
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