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Merry Christmas! Please help our poor torana!

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Guest		#1 Posted : Sunday, 26 December 2004 6:33:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Merry xmas all.. I got taken for a spin around the block in a 1988 Walkinshaw, woo. Sadly, the GF's LJ torana has started surging/misfiring with the occasional backfire. It only seems to happen under load/accelleration - on the freeway it can handle the speed limit no worries, but stopping/starting, it runs rough and stalled once at an intersection. Its got commodore electronic ignition which was installed years ago. Any suggestions? 173/traumatic, stock apart from the ignition.

Guest		#2 Posted : Sunday, 26 December 2004 6:23:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Being GF's car...how long has it been sitting ? COuld be water in fuel, old fuel, leads, timing..more info on car's background, please. Merry Xmas & Happy Holden NY.

Guest		#3 Posted : Sunday, 26 December 2004 7:17:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		sounds like carby problems

Guest		#4 Posted : Sunday, 26 December 2004 8:40:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Gets driven daily, its had a fair bit of work done to it recently - transmission kit a few months ago, new disks/pads/etc a few days ago. The problem has been happening over the past week or two, slowly getting worse. Going to replace the fuel filte

Guest		#5 Posted : Monday, 27 December 2004 8:11:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		check the resistance on all the spark plug leads, clean the carby, do the basic stuff.

Guest		#6 Posted : Monday, 27 December 2004 7:27:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		As JohnP says measure your leads. Drain the fuel and any glug out of the carby. Check the rotor and cap (corroded) or is the rotor key/lug loose ? Have the points drifted (lose and bouncing). Replace the fuel filter maybe. Maybe replace the leads. B

Guest		#7 Posted : Tuesday, 28 December 2004 11:16:22 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Will do! In case none of that works, i just got the 4x4 kinga moved to a space i can work on it - this means i can get its 202 up to scratch easy, and then drop it into the 'rana ;) - should keep the GF happy for a while :)

Guest		#8 Posted : Wednesday, 12 January 2005 4:50:03 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		What do you expect its a Torana.

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