The SX/4 sounds like classic air tubes to me. Rebuilt or not they can still clog. Wayne Wayne and Lisa, Bolton Landing, NY, http://web.vplp.net/~superglider/ 85 XJ Wagoneer Limited, 82 Eagle SX/4 66 Ambo 990 Wagon, AC, PS, PB, PW, Apollo Yellow woody 69 Ambo Coupe, 401, M12 83 Eagle Limited wagon On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:45:28 -0700 (PDT) Marty Bricker <mbrickerusn@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I previously described the fol engine prob: > > Took my daughters 83 Spirit out for a drive to see > if > > everything was running ok. Engine started, idled, > > accelerated normally and ran fine up until I hit 55 > > mph. It was like a governor or something is on the > > engine, it just won't go any faster. It feels like > it will stall or backfire if I try to continue > depressing > > the accelerator. I got it up to about 58 mph but > it > > was starting to bog down so I backed off to 55 and > it > > ran just fine. I haven't checked the timing yet, > but > > anyone have any suggestions? (83 Spirit, 258, BBD > > carb that was rebuilt a little over a year ago. All > > pollution gear is present, and, to the best of my > > knowledge functioning. Plugs, wires, coil, o2 > sensor > > replaced at same time as carb rebuilt. It has the > > Ford upgrade of coil and bigger cap). Thanks. > -Well, the problem just went away as I drove it for an > extended time at highway speeds (daughter rarely > exceeds 45mph in city driving). Never heard of > something like this but, whatever, it's ok now. > > Now the continuing woes of my SX/4... > It has started having problems starting...first start, > after sitting for short or longer periods of time. > I've checked the timing and all of the choke settings > and they are good. When it finally srarts I can see > the top pin of the BBD moving in response to throttle > movement. I can see two steady streams of fuel when > the throttle is depressed. Here's the problem: > Push the accel down (once, twice, doesn't seem to > matter the # of times) turn the key and engine will > turn over and fire but as soon as the key is let go it > will die. Finally starts with a chug, much massaging > of the accel and holding it at high rpm until it > settles out. Several times sitting at a light it has > just died and goes through the same iteration to > start. I stalled it once (5 spd) and had the same > problem starting it. At first I thought it was elec, > but now I'm leaning more to fuel. I haven't checked > the fuel pump but there is never a shortage of fuel > when I try to start it a bunch of times and have gone > out to check the carb and it seems to run fine at > speeds above idle. Can the BBD cause this? The carb > is clean inside and was rebuilt just over a year ago > (plus it ran fine until the last couple of weeks). > THis car continues to test the limits of my > patience...any suggestions greatly appreciated. > Frustrated, > Marty > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Sports > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com > > > > >