my car hasnt started since playing in the snow!

[ghetto]

HELP ME please someone i went out in the snow drifting etc being a child really and after a while of messing about the car started to mess about ie it wouldnt rev properly or tick over! so i limped it home and parked it up well ive been out over the past few day trying to get it running ive rebuilt the carb changed the coil new plugs etc basically ive changed everything you would of thought it would be but nothing!
it will run on choke but will not run without it as soon as u turn the choke off it cuts out and to be honest im now just banging my head against the wall as i dont know what it could be

PLEASE HELP

sorry i forget to say its a 1700

[ghetto]

also what are the floats ment to be set at! i just thought i never set them! doh

[mat 91]

have you been over the wirig side off things summet could of come loose
failing that have you made sure its not flooded

[monka]

flaots need to be between 34 and 37mm

[ghetto]

ive checked the wiring on everything i can only guess its the carb floats if its not than i havent got a clue

[kaos]

fuel pump, pipeworks,

does it idle at all?

[ghetto]

fuel pumps good as are the filters! ive recently done a full service on it including changing them! and it will only run if the flap in top of the carb is fully shut if you move it just the smallest amount it cuts out!!!

i am planning on a 16v conversion very soon but i still need my car until ive got the last few bits to do the conversion so i need to get it running

[Chris_C]

You havn't mentioned the dizzy mate, when was that last done?

Things it sounds like to me are dizzy or an air leak. Both of which are likely, but easy and cheap to fix. Grab the top of the air filter box and try wobbling it for a start, there should be none.

changed the coil

This bit gives me the standard worry... which bit do you call the coil? If you've changed the renix unit, make sure you have changed to another with the same number. Mechanics love to change them for another that looks the same from a renault or similar but they have the ignition map stored on them so it's important to have the right one.

Renix consulty list

[ghetto]

You havn't mentioned the dizzy mate, when was that last done?

Things it sounds like to me are dizzy or an air leak. Both of which are likely, but easy and cheap to fix. Grab the top of the air filter box and try wobbling it for a start, there should be none.

changed the coil

This bit gives me the standard worry... which bit do you call the coil? If you've changed the renix unit, make sure you have changed to another with the same number. Mechanics love to change them for another that looks the same from a renault or similar but they have the ignition map stored on them so it's important to have the right one.

Renix consulty list

ok this is the parts that i have recently changed last month!

plugs,leads,cap,arm,air fiter,fuel filter,fuel pump,changed the complete coil renix unit etc!!! and ive checked the dizzy and wiped it out plus its got a really good spark too and the air box is fastened tightly

[Chris_C]

Cool, ok. It sounds like either a setup thing or an airleak as it's still running but badly, so whilst this might be teaching granny to suck eggs....

The 2 things I'd check first are that the choke cable is set right (make sure the flap has full range of movement when the knob is moved) and it's worth carefully spraying some easy start/WD40 around the inlet side. If the revs pick up you have a leak.

Was the renix you fitted the correct number for your car? Should be a 415 for a late 1.7, the earlier ones (410) have a bit more advance and require super really.

[ghetto]

Cool, ok. It sounds like either a setup thing or an airleak as it's still running but badly, so whilst this might be teaching granny to suck eggs....

The 2 things I'd check first are that the choke cable is set right (make sure the flap has full range of movement when the knob is moved) and it's worth carefully spraying some easy start/WD40 around the inlet side. If the revs pick up you have a leak.

Was the renix you fitted the correct number for your car? Should be a 415 for a late 1.7, the earlier ones (410) have a bit more advance and require super really.

yeah choke cable etc are all good and yeah the renix unit is the correct one!

and what do u mean round the inlet side!!!!

[Chris_C]

Anything inlet related, so inlet manifold, carb base, air filter base etc. Just mind the exhaust manifold

Actually, just had another thought. Do you still have the warm air flap going to the air filter housing? From the air filter there should be a t piece, and a piece of spaceman tubing to a shield on the exhaust manifold as well as a piece of flexible plastic tube to the front panel next to the rad.

[ghetto]

well that space man pipe wasnt their as when i brought the car it didnt have a air filter box dont ask me why he removed it! so ive found one but its missing the flap so ive manufactured one so it gets warm air to it!

[Chris_C]

I just wonderer about carb icing if there wasn't hot getting in. Got a vid of it running?

[ghetto]

ok small update on my running issues and that it ive pulled the engine out and in the process of putting a 16valve in it as i got sick of just trying to get it running!

thanks for everyones assistance but might need more for my conversion