<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">If it sits overnight and doesn't improve, it isn't heat related.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">My car used to die like that, and I thought it was heat related, but it was the fuel filter. It was plugged with rust debris from the fuel tank.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">But it would go away after about 30 minutes, and the a/f ratio wouldn't have gone to 10.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Fortunately, there aren't many things it can be. Can't you borrow a carburetor, distributor, coil, etc. from someone? Change one part at a time, and you'll find it.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">If I were still in town, I'd let you borrow all the parts needed.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">--</span></div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Will</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Sean Korb <<a href="mailto:spkorb@gmail.com">spkorb@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> <<a href="mailto:spkorb@gmail.com">spkorb@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, October 28, 2013 10:50 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com">detomaso@poca.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com">detomaso@poca.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [DeTomaso] Happy for 50 miles or so then not<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Do you have electronic ignition? That happened on my Chevy Sprint, The distributor module was going bad and it only took 50 miles at first but my intervals were shorter and shorter. I could let it just cool all the way down and make it home. It could well be just a bad ground or connector or even a wire. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Robert Pink <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robpink2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">robpink2012@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Would appreciate some thoughts.<div><br></div><div>When I first start my car and drive it runs great for 50 or 60 miles. At 3000 RPM cruising the air/fuel ratio is high 13 to 14. The vacuum is 18 to 20 and the car runs smooth.</div><div><br></div><div>After about 60 miles the air/fuel ratio drops to low 10, the vacuum drops to 13 and the car vibrates and runs rough. It appears to be missing and I suspect the ignition system.</div><div><br></div><div>
What is confusing is that if I stop for lunch or even after one night the problem continues. But if the car sits for a week or so it goes back to running fine . The problem never occurs unless I drive 60 miles or so.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your thoughts </div><div><br></div><div>Rob</div><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>
Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br><br>
DeTomaso mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com">DeTomaso@poca.com</a><br><a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com" target="_blank">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Sean Korb <a href="mailto:spkorb@spkorb.org">spkorb@spkorb.org</a> <a href="http://www.spkorb.org">http://www.spkorb.org</a><br>'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382<br>
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller<br>"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso<br></div>
_______________________________________________
Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
DeTomaso mailing list
<a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com">DeTomaso@poca.com</a>
<a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a>
</span></body></html>