hi, i got a stock vl calais 5lt daily driver and has a small problem 2 months after a tune,when i turn it off, it sometimes trys 2 restart and backfires out the carby,now i asked a mechnic about it and said u have 2 disconnect some wire from the coil and reset something does anyone know what and how??
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dunno if this is right but mine had a similar problem, it would sorta keep running after u turned it OFF and would similarly backfire as well... ended up just needing the idle adjustment turned down
I had a very similar problem with mine, the solenoid attatched to the carby which is supposed to act as a "carby stop" was ****ed and wasnt closing or something, I unplugged it and never had any more problems
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I had a very similar problem with mine, the solenoid attatched to the carby which is supposed to act as a "carby stop" was ****ed and wasnt closing or something, I unplugged it and never had any more problems
this solenoid u speak of was at the front of the carby nere the throttle cable,if so i did remove it sum time ago.and SINISTER it sometimes does it a low idel rev too eg 600rpm.
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to think of this quickly an engine should not run with the ignition turned off. No ignition..no spark........ Unless theres something preventing the ignition from turning off. I dont see what difference the carby would make??
with carby engines they can sometimes run on if you have carbon buildup ontop of the pistons, once the ignition is cut the carbon is still glowing red hot, and fuel is still sucked in so it continues to run, my mates mini does this all the time, sometimes only way to stop it is to stall the engine
if the ignition is too far advanced or retarded etc it can keep running etc, i knew of a mates gemi once that he used to stall it to turn it off cos it would keep running with the ignintion off cos his timing was either advanced or retarded.
my vl 5l used to crank a few times every now and then also after i had turned it off.
I'm no professional mechanic etc but i would say a start would be to check your timing is right and check your air/fuel mixtures, possibly could be runing to rich.
hope this helps,
Chris...
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with carby engines they can sometimes run on if you have carbon buildup ontop of the pistons, once the ignition is cut the carbon is still glowing red hot, and fuel is still sucked in so it continues to run, my mates mini does this all the time, sometimes only way to stop it is to stall the engine
cheers for that...have an understanding now Ive never had any such problem with any of my carby v8s... learn something new everyday as they say
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Originally Posted by sk8ero
with carby engines they can sometimes run on if you have carbon buildup ontop of the pistons, once the ignition is cut the carbon is still glowing red hot, and fuel is still sucked in so it continues to run, my mates mini does this all the time, sometimes only way to stop it is to stall the engine
before i had it tuned it was running very rich 4 sum time,u think this could have maded the carbon build up??and this there sum way to clean it off like a spray of sum sort??
First get your timing checked then run only a couple of degrees advance over stock,put some premium and injector cleaner in the tank and go for a blat on the expressway,should clean her out a bit.
its called dieseling... running a little rich at idle and has a fair amount of timing... usually turning it off fast will fix it... if not get it leaned off a bit at idle... my vk used to do the same thing
