1.8 Cabby Carb Engine problems

Could any one help, I am having problems with my 90 Clipper.
I was travelling back home on the motorway on Saturday after the footy and the car was chugging & spitting out black smoke from the exhaust and it seemed it was not running on all cylinders.
I have had it in the garage about 3 times with the same problem and each time it has come out it runs fine for a few weeks and goes back the same.
When it went last into the garage they said to me the petrol was weak and my girlfriend suggested using normal petrol (i.e from Shell or BP) instead of supermarket petrol, and on Saturday I had filled up with petrol from BP.

Does anyone have any ideas what it could be and how to fix it was its driving me mad!!!

hi i have the same problem with mine, does it cut out often on idle too?

cheers

james

I had a similar problem to this. I changed all my ignition components (sparks, leads, rotor arm, dizzy cap etc…)

All helped a little but it still did the rough running on three.

In the end it was the ignition amplifier/module. It lives near the windsreen motor in the rain/scuttle tray on the right hand side (bonnet open looking into engine bay from front bumper)

Bought the part from Camberley Auto Factors for about ?30. Two seconds to fit (two screws and one loom connection) and not had a single problem since!

Hope this might help

Thanks for that I will try it and see if it works

Finchy i have a spare one if you wanna try it before shelling out for a new one .. am only in bolton too… but try disconnecting the ign module and reconnect.

Also it could be your distributor itself on its way out.. mine was doing that and then the dizzy went.

Gaz

same probs with mine too, been told its the hall sensor on the dizzy itself?? quoted ?60 for full unit by GSF or ?130 from andrew pages who specalise with bosh?  so i was gunna try that first, i get paid on 28th ill let you know how i get on

pete

Thanks for that, if you can let me know how you get on and then I will try and sort mine out

removed the dizzy this aft to get some numbers off the back, marked it up got the numbers off cleaned it up ( a little squirt inside where there was a little rust, cleaned oil sludge off the gear and a light brush off) put it bak on lined it up……………………….. guess what… wouldnt start

after 10 minutes of timing it by ear ( no strobe light) starts better and runs loads better. i'm still going to get a new unit but it will be at the end of the month when i get paid. ill let you know if it sorts it out matey

pete

Have a look at yer carb mount, the rubber on mine had a split that could only be noticed when it was off.

ive orded full dizzy plugs leads and that little stupid box thats trying to be some sort of ecu ?103 from g/s bargin

hopefully that will sort mine out