Hey folks,
I've been tinkering on my own quite a bit and learning as I go. The truck is running but there are a few things that make me suspect something is not quite as it should be:
So my uneducated guess is some kind of vacuum problem. I've been studying the vacuum gauge on my dash and determined that its probably worthless... it idles on the low end of idle, and dips to "drive" when I accelerate, and "decelerate" when I take my foot off the gas...
But wouldn't a vacuum problem be a proper DX for my break and idle issues?
I felt around the line between the master cylinder to were it meets a metal pipe (i'm sure there are more appropriate terms) I didn't feel any leeks - so what is the right way to trouble shoot vacuum? Do I just yank every hose and replace it? Seems cheap and easy enough. Do I need a vacuum gauge of some kind?
I have not pulled plugs to see if it is in fact running rich. We have a family event this weekend to which I would really like to drive the Rover. I'm worried that once I pull a plug it may never run again. Is there any trick to that?
As always, thanks in advance.
I've been tinkering on my own quite a bit and learning as I go. The truck is running but there are a few things that make me suspect something is not quite as it should be:
- High revs when started and choked - some may recall my idle problem, after cleaning the fuel lines and carb jets, my solution was to increase the mixture screw. I've since backed it off a bit, but its still revving high (by ear), if I lean it any more, it stalls at idl
- Soft brakes- they are still effective, but softer than they were a few weeks ago. At a stop light my foot slowly creeps towards the floor. One pump fixes that
- Puttering sound when letting off the gas - particularly in low speed/ high torque situations like shifting from 1st into 2nd and 2nd into 3rd. Letting off triggers a rapid two or three "puffft" sounds from the exhaust
- Reduction in gas mileage - I haven't filled up yet to do the calculation, but its noticeably burning a lot of gas
So my uneducated guess is some kind of vacuum problem. I've been studying the vacuum gauge on my dash and determined that its probably worthless... it idles on the low end of idle, and dips to "drive" when I accelerate, and "decelerate" when I take my foot off the gas...
But wouldn't a vacuum problem be a proper DX for my break and idle issues?
I felt around the line between the master cylinder to were it meets a metal pipe (i'm sure there are more appropriate terms) I didn't feel any leeks - so what is the right way to trouble shoot vacuum? Do I just yank every hose and replace it? Seems cheap and easy enough. Do I need a vacuum gauge of some kind?
I have not pulled plugs to see if it is in fact running rich. We have a family event this weekend to which I would really like to drive the Rover. I'm worried that once I pull a plug it may never run again. Is there any trick to that?
As always, thanks in advance.
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