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by december_boy
12 May 2006 10:03 am
Forum: Volvo 300 series: offer
Topic: 18 yr old Volvo 340 looking for a good home
Replies: 3
Views: 1291

18 yr old Volvo 340 looking for a good home

Hi all. I'm moving to Australia at the end of May and it is with great regret that I am saying goodbye to "The Beast", my 18 year old grey Volvo 340. It's great for the city - cheap insurance, reasonable fuel consumption, it passes MOT first time (has done this past three years), spacious and it goe...
by december_boy
04 Apr 2005 11:01 am
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

No... when driving. Just a very slight amount.

No rev counter on my model.... I'm sure it's fine - I'll get it sorted. I need to take some longer journeys just to make sure that it has stopped conking out!
by december_boy
04 Apr 2005 09:54 am
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

Just seems slighty.... chuggy? If that's a word?
by december_boy
04 Apr 2005 09:26 am
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

Well I looked for this silver cardboard like pipe... and of course it was completely missing except for a remnant near the air filter. I took that to Halfords and got some similar ducting for £3.79.... and it seems to have done the business. As with all old cars though, it seems to have introduced i...
by december_boy
01 Apr 2005 03:45 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

http://bangernomics.tripod.com/breakdown.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/mai ... rjon24.xml

Those are the sites what I found the information on - I hope it is that this bloody pipe is missing!
by december_boy
01 Apr 2005 01:22 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

PE? Huskymeister?!! Tell me where I need to go and I'll go.... ;-) I did find this on Carburettor Icing... so I am confident this is the issue:- "When an older car with carburettors splutters to a halt on the motorway, as you write in your Book of Motoring Answers, all too often the problem is carbu...
by december_boy
01 Apr 2005 09:14 am
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

Wow... this is amazing. I'm going to take it to a garage tomorrow in Wembley - I live in NW London. I could get to Uxbridge if I needed to - do one of you have a garage there? Of course I would pay for your time! Can someone explain Carb Icing to me? This sounds intriguing. I'm going to print all th...
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 05:29 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

You reckon this is it?!!

But forgive my ignorance, but why does it drink fuel if there is a blockage?
Shouldn't it be the opposite?

Stephen
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 05:10 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

Temp gauge seems to stay steady.

I thought the new carb had fixed things... the car ran beautifully for a week.
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 04:30 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

No there doesn't seem to be any correlation with other events. I've been trying to piece together why this might be happening to no avail. The only real clues are that the car only does it on longish journeys (though sometimes it's fine), it drinks petrol, it always starts again and then it happens ...
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 03:43 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

No it was a refurbished carb, not a new one. I'm bring the car back to the garage on Saturday and I'm trying to make a list of things for him to check as this is an intermittent and extremely dangerous problem. Any hints would be appreciated - or ideally if someone has seen this problem before. Step...
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 03:07 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

HI. I know it's running rich because when this issue occurs, I can virtually see my petrol tank emptying! The car will use a half a tank of petrol travelling 60 miles. I had all the pipes and filters checked when the problem first happened. Would it be fair to assume that the mechanic did not do a g...
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 02:54 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

Hi there.

Thanks for such a prompt response.

As I mentioned in the message, I've had a new carb fitted and tightened on.

I had a question around your suggestion about this hose - how would such a blockage make the car run so rich? I'm not a mechanic - just curious.

Stephen
by december_boy
31 Mar 2005 02:39 pm
Forum: Engine, transmission, manual gearbox, variomatic
Topic: Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!
Replies: 38
Views: 14381

Car stalls intermittently on motorway journeys!

Hi all. I have a '88 340 DL, manual choke. About a month ago, it developed an issue where intermittently on longer journeys, the car would start to drink petrol, slowly become more and more unresponsive and then grind to a halt at the side of the motorway. After a min or two, it would restart then t...