77newyorker440
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
I am in need of your all's help and knowledge. The New Yorker is at Carlisle and is having some idle/driveability issues. It just started on this trip up but got progressively worse today.
Here is the problem: When you just slightly tap the gas, it stalls out completely. Sometimes you can get through the bog and get into the higher rpms, in which it runs pretty perfect. But anything in that range of slightly off idle kills it. This makes driving through Carlisle very hard, and I do not want this problem to get worse. The car has the original Lean Burn and Thermoquad set up, and I have never tuned or messed with it.
My guess is that perhaps the idle is too low? I don't have a test light with me, but the engine seems really shakey. Someone recommended for me to get a coil, so I will try that tomorrow but I am not sure if it will work.
Only another problem is that it is having a lot more issues with hot starts than it used to. The only changes from before (when it started nicer) are headers, valve covers, and experiencing heavy rain for the first time.
Thanks in advance for your help,
77newyorker440
I am in need of your all's help and knowledge. The New Yorker is at Carlisle and is having some idle/driveability issues. It just started on this trip up but got progressively worse today.
Here is the problem: When you just slightly tap the gas, it stalls out completely. Sometimes you can get through the bog and get into the higher rpms, in which it runs pretty perfect. But anything in that range of slightly off idle kills it. This makes driving through Carlisle very hard, and I do not want this problem to get worse. The car has the original Lean Burn and Thermoquad set up, and I have never tuned or messed with it.
My guess is that perhaps the idle is too low? I don't have a test light with me, but the engine seems really shakey. Someone recommended for me to get a coil, so I will try that tomorrow but I am not sure if it will work.
Only another problem is that it is having a lot more issues with hot starts than it used to. The only changes from before (when it started nicer) are headers, valve covers, and experiencing heavy rain for the first time.
Thanks in advance for your help,
77newyorker440