luigi164
Active Member
Hello all,
Been to the BBTR meeting last weekend in Germany. First time for the Newport for such a long trip ( about 330 km one way) so fingers crossed. But the car performed very well and it was a great meeting with about 23 fuselage C-bodies. The tour we made was very impressive cause when do you see 23 Fusies in a row driving around the river Mosel ? I will post some pics in another thread later.
But at the way home after about 100 km, the Newport started to give trouble:
After a stop, let the car idling, the engine started to hesitate when I drove away and had almost no power. After a few hundred meters it ran like before, no problem. Because I had stopped at a hill, nose up, and the tank was almost empty I thought the fuelpump had sucked up some dirt from the tank and that was probably the cause of it ?
Not ! because after a few miles it started again: no power, hesitating a few hicks and then back to normal. I was confused, what is the problem ? Anyway, we continued our journey but it got worse and worse, more and more hesitating and then the exhaust started to pop. As long as I could hold a steady speed (about 75 mls) it went good for a few miles. I had to stop several times because the popping became so bad it scared the other drivers on the highway.
When I stopped, the engine didn't stop and ran idle as usuall. Hit the trottle a few times, some hesitating and popping but after a few seconds it ran ok.
And so we came home, after 200 kms of hesitating, popping and sputtering pfff...
So, where do I start ? IMHO I think it's a ignition problem. A bad coil? or can it be a clogged fuelfilter?
Any imput on this will be appriciated,
Thanks, Luigi
Been to the BBTR meeting last weekend in Germany. First time for the Newport for such a long trip ( about 330 km one way) so fingers crossed. But the car performed very well and it was a great meeting with about 23 fuselage C-bodies. The tour we made was very impressive cause when do you see 23 Fusies in a row driving around the river Mosel ? I will post some pics in another thread later.
But at the way home after about 100 km, the Newport started to give trouble:
After a stop, let the car idling, the engine started to hesitate when I drove away and had almost no power. After a few hundred meters it ran like before, no problem. Because I had stopped at a hill, nose up, and the tank was almost empty I thought the fuelpump had sucked up some dirt from the tank and that was probably the cause of it ?
Not ! because after a few miles it started again: no power, hesitating a few hicks and then back to normal. I was confused, what is the problem ? Anyway, we continued our journey but it got worse and worse, more and more hesitating and then the exhaust started to pop. As long as I could hold a steady speed (about 75 mls) it went good for a few miles. I had to stop several times because the popping became so bad it scared the other drivers on the highway.
When I stopped, the engine didn't stop and ran idle as usuall. Hit the trottle a few times, some hesitating and popping but after a few seconds it ran ok.
And so we came home, after 200 kms of hesitating, popping and sputtering pfff...
So, where do I start ? IMHO I think it's a ignition problem. A bad coil? or can it be a clogged fuelfilter?
Any imput on this will be appriciated,
Thanks, Luigi