[FC] ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE

corvanatics@corvair.org corvanatics@corvair.org
Sun Oct 3 07:53:01 2004


man that still sounds like a vacumn problem.  try spraying water from a spray 
bottle around any vac hoses/connections or try propane enrichment...use a 
torch( not lit!), around bases of carbs and all vacumn connections with engine 
running. if there is a leak it will suck the propane and change the way its 
running. base gaskets at carbs, pcv valve hose etc. that smell is probably from 
running lean and does it "diesel" when turned off?   if not vac leak maybe a 
plugged main jet... try a "cuff job"  putting your hand over the top of the carb 
one at a time while runnig a little faster than idle...if one picks up when 
cuffed it is the lean one.sometimes cuffing will stir up crud in carbs and fix 
the problem(at least temporarily)  it is also a good idea to check the point 
gap and lube the distributer cam.  regards, tim colson