Piccadilly Running Problems
#1
Posted 23 February 2024 - 08:59 AM
A little advice please. My little Piccadilly is struggling to run smoothly in this cold weather. It's been to the garage several times and they do stuff to the carburettor, but nothing seems to help.
I start it with the choke pulled out a way and then push it back in after a minute, but continue to keep the revs up for a few minutes. It never seems to get up to the correct idling speed. When I drive, I try to juggle the gears nearing traffic lights to avoid stopping, otherwise it tries to stall. The alternative I try is putting it in neutral and slowly braking with my left foot whilst keeping the revs up. Often it splutters as if misfiring. It's all very stressful!!
Any helpful advice out there?
Thanks
#2
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:27 AM
#3
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:35 AM
It's really frustrating as I am concerned about it stopping and refusing to start, with a queue of traffic behind me!
Is my procedure for starting it correct do you think, I see so many conflicting ideas if I look on the internet?
#4
Posted 23 February 2024 - 11:50 AM
When to push the choke in fully is something that varies between Minis but you get a feel for and usually you can ease the choke off a bit at a time as the engine warms up. Sometimes you might have to put it back on if say pulling off out of a side road and you don't want the engine to stall until fully warmed up. If you don't do long journeys then it takes longer to get up to normal engine temperature and using the heater in cold weather will also slow the engines warm up. Also make sure your carb air filter is picking up warm air from the exhaust manifold correctly.
If none of the above applies then as said the running problems are probably carb/setup/fuel related, even though it has been cleaned there may be some wear or something sticking causing the idling problem.
Edited by mab01uk, 23 February 2024 - 11:51 AM.
#5
Posted 23 February 2024 - 12:46 PM
#6
Posted 23 February 2024 - 01:56 PM
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