Post-lay-up blues

Crowther · Post by **Crowther** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:37 pm

Finally found time to bring the Scim out of hibernation. Charged up the battery and fired him up. It starts but the moment it comes off the fast idle it dies. Spark is good, and I can't find any air leaks. Car was running well when I garaged him in December.

My suspicion is that the fuel tank problems I had last year have left some crud in the fuel system. I'm not sure why this is happening now but could blocked jets give these symptoms?

Post by **scimjim** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:26 pm

If it’s okay on fast idle (which brings the main jets into operation), the first suspect has to be the idle circuit - unscrew the idle jets and check the o-rings and maybe blow some air through? Next would be to take the top off the carb and check the float bowl for crud - are the rubber fuel pipes ethanol proof?

Crowther · Post by **Crowther** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:56 pm

Thanks Jim. I owe you one, or ten - not sure of the current tally. Cleaning out the idle jets and blowing some air into their recesses has got my Scim running. A bit lumpy but I'll go over the jets and fuel filters again soon to be sure.

Post by **scimjim** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:44 pm

Great stuff

Crowther · Post by **Crowther** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:10 pm

Scim has deteriorated a bit since. I have cleaned out the idle jets a few times. Are they interchangeable? I'm concerned I might have swapped the sides by mistake...

Crowther · Post by **Crowther** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:47 pm

Ignore that - they most definitely are not!
I've cleaned the idle jets and blown out the passages again (just with a can of compressed air) and all is well again.