Scirocco Register

Ok.. so have been driving my mini for a few days, just dropped it off home and now back onto the rocco as a daily. Got in, all going well, engine starts, albeit very splutteringly, and then procedded to die repeatedly. In a kind of slow painful way. Within about 5 seconds of starting, and as soon as you let off the acceleration.

Its an 88 Scala, 1.8 Carbed. (pierburg) Bear in mind im a very impoverished student, and cannot afford the time or money to fit a weber. Any ideas of what it could be? I've got a new set of spark plugs i'll be fitting soon.

How old is the fuel in it ? sounds to me abit like stale fuel or maybe timeing

Fuels literally a couple of weeks old. Was running perfectly before then for at least 2 months, so cant see it being a problem. Timings a possiblity, its not something i've yet had the chance to check in relation to er.. another problem i've been having.

Its has been rather damp here so it could be condensation in the dissy cap, HT leads? try spraying a bit of WD40 in there.

Could be an air lock. take off your petrol fillercap.

Cool, its been really quite cold here as well as damp. I shall have a look at the standard electrical stuffs then. Replace the plugs while im there as it makes sense.

Hopefully look at it weds/thurs, big hand in to work for first!

oh the student life.. :(

How old are your HT leads?

Might be worth asking Santa for a new set! If you are replacing the plugs..

Im gunna be playing with the car on friday. Should be good fun! Hopefully it'll be slightly warmer than it is now

mark1gls wrote:Its has been rather damp here so it could be condensation in the dissy cap, HT leads? try spraying a bit of WD40 in there.

i'd agree with the likely fault, but not the remedy! spraying everything in wd40 causes more problems than it cures. it breaks down the insulation on your plug leads and makes dirt stick to everything.

pop the dizzy cap off, clean the contacts and dry it with a bit of bogroll. do the same for the rotor arm

Cool, i shall give that a shot. Not a great fan of WD40 anyway. Heavy night last night so working on it tmoz... That and the 2 inches of snow we had last night!