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Website · by **mad starlet** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:16 pm

i have got a 4k in my starlet and while driving alone at a constant speed it kinda jolts every like 10 seconds can any one help me on fixing the problem
thanx

by **Ae92typeX** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:18 pm

to take a wild guess...sounds like a miss maybe?- check your sparkplugs, leads and points

Website · by **mad starlet** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:26 pm

yea thought that as well so i put in new spark plugs checked the leads and points but still no change

by **Ae92typeX** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:33 pm

any random metal bits near the electrical e.g like dipstick?. I had a car once which would short onto the dipstick when it was foggy!?!,
um, possibly something in the carb or pump related then?

Website · by **mad starlet** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:37 pm

ok sweet ill check those out see if i can find anything wrong
thanks for the help

Website · by **PumpN** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:00 pm

did you gap the plugs when you put them back in

i have done that before, taken the plugs out and cleaned them, and not bothered to gap them only to have a miss and ended up replacing the leads and dizzy cap thinking the plugs were sweet :roll:

Website · by **mad starlet** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:32 pm

yup i did

Website · by **MIKE AE85** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:45 pm

Check if the fuel filter is blocked.. mine was and it ran crap.

Website · by **PumpN** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:42 pm

yeap, or it could be out of tune which you should notice which is causing it to backfire but you should notice that too

sounds more like an electical problem, have a look at your dizzy cap, if its worn then replace it, same goes for the dizzy rotor, and failing that you can almost certainly assume the points are going off on you and need to be gapped

should really just give the car a good service and replace all the parts that tend to wear out like the afforementioned and it should run like new

Website · by **mad starlet** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:27 pm

ok thanks for that i'll have a look and its not the timing cause i thought it might be that to so i checked that and it was a bit out but fixed that and still does it but i will have a look at the other stuff you have mentioned and see what happens

by **razool** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:32 am

hey man, had the EXACT same problem as you and later on in the track my car stopped idling aswell,
I found out the carby jets needed to be blown out, or as my mechanic said, which i dnt rekon is very true coz ive never heard of it before, is that he needed to replace my idler coil?

Website · by **mad starlet** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:34 pm

haha yea mine is havin trouble idiling to are you the one that wanted info bout my car on the perfomance car forum

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