broken down on side of dual carriageway waiting for aa :-(

[haddock_n_chips]

oh no not again!

Was driving down dual carriageway and the engine lost power stuttered then kicked in again. Strange i thought but kept going. Then it did it again. This time with a couple of pops, then completely cut out managed to coast to the next turning but it won't start again now.
It turns over but just pops and a puff of black smoke comes out the back!

So sat here waiting for the aa man to come rescue me and hopefully figure out the problem!
Anyone got any ideas?!

Will....

[the edmundator]

If it starts again when it's cold, could be the ignition amplifier. This is what my car did when mine gave up.

Could also be the coil.

I think the ignition system is probably a good place to start looking if there are no signs of a fuel leak and your fuel pump(s) are working.

[dozzum]

oh no not again!

Was driving down dual carriageway and the engine lost power stuttered then kicked in again. Strange i thought but kept going. Then it did it again. This time with a couple of pops, then completely cut out managed to coast to the next turning but it won't start again now.
It turns over but just pops and a puff of black smoke comes out the back!

So sat here waiting for the aa man to come rescue me and hopefully figure out the problem!
Anyone got any ideas?!

Will....

did you get back???

mine was doing that and my dad discovered it was the dizzy cap (rotor arm was shortin somehwere or sumthing apparantly) This is after i replaced the whole carb with a weber, but still at least i have a working car now.

[haddock_n_chips]

Righty

the rotor arm had come loose and the metal contact from the coil HT lead had melted thus contact was lost

i thought it was a timing issue

anyway AA man bodged it so i could get home and put a spare one on

so set off again on my journey and finally made it here butnow hacve other problems!

see other thread i started

cheers for the help thought guys :)

WiLL.....

[dozzum]

oh no not again!

Was driving down dual carriageway and the engine lost power stuttered then kicked in again. Strange i thought but kept going. Then it did it again. This time with a couple of pops, then completely cut out managed to coast to the next turning but it won't start again now.
It turns over but just pops and a puff of black smoke comes out the back!

So sat here waiting for the aa man to come rescue me and hopefully figure out the problem!
Anyone got any ideas?!

Will....

did you get back???

mine was doing that and my dad discovered it was the dizzy cap (rotor arm was shortin somehwere or sumthing apparantly) This is after i replaced the whole carb with a weber, but still at least i have a working car now.

I should be a psychic mechanic.

People pay £1 a minute to phone me up and i'll tell you whats wrong