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matthew Guest
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: Reliant Scimitar |
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Does anyone know of a garage in London that specialises in Reliant Scimitars? |
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Are you looking for someone to sell you spares, carry out bodywork repairs, or other repairs? |
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matthew Guest
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: Starting problems |
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Its mechanical. It goes dead and wont start, I leave it for half an hour and then it goes again. Had a fuel tank, fuel line, and fuel pump fitted because the original cause was a rusting fuel tank. Resolved the problem for a while, now its happening again.
Was hoping to find somewhere who were scimitar savvy, as my current garage are baffled. |
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Its a long time since I have had anything with a Ford V6, so I´m trusting my memory on this one. If it misfires before it cuts out, its still fuel related. If it cuts out dead, its electrical. A common cause used to be the condensor, if you´ve still got points ignition. I´m going to be harsh here, but if the mechanics at your garage cant sort quickly, then they aren´t mechanics! |
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matthew Guest
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject: V6 |
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No, thats a fair enough point. But I've done a couple of long-ish journeys in it and its been going fine. I thought they'd solved it, but its happened again, hence my search for someonemore a bit more clued up on these things. It s a difficult one because it can run for a while before any problems occur, so the garage often comeback with a "Well we tested it and its fine" response.
Its definitely not electrical though, as there is some life when I turn the key. |
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 925
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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It isn't something like a blocked breather in the fuel tank (or in the fuel cap) causing a pressure build up in the tank, and then causing the pump to struggle to supply fuel??
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking about my reply. First, is this problem the same as before the tank was changed? If it is, then that is still the place to look. Secondly, if the tank was changed because of rust, then maybe the rust has got into the carb, or somewhere else it shouldn´t have. Thirdly, dont dismiss electrical. The reason that I mentioned the condenser was that they have a tendency to break down with heat. ie, the car goes a few minutes, then when it is warm, stops. When the car cools, so does the condenser, and so it starts again. Another thing. Quite often with fuel related faults, there is a tendency for the car to act like a kangaroo. Is this happening with yours? |
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matthew Guest
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I did do an impression of a Kangaroo coming out of Dartford Toll the other day. It use to do it all the time before I had the above work carried out, it would then die soon after. But since I have had the work done it’s done it less, but it’s still the similar symptoms and probably the same problem coming back again. The last time I used it, it died on me just as I was pulling away from the lights, so it seems to be when I'm accelerating.
It does seem possible that not all the rust has been removed and has found its way into somewhere. |
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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I saw Ricks reply. To eliminate the possibility of a blocked breather, try removing the fuel cap, and drive around a bit to see if the problems remain. Use a rag or something to keep out rubbish. If it still stops, start looking for rust. I usually start at the carb. and work back. Did the garage use new or used parts? Also, check the fuel pump. I remembered a similar problem on a cousins MkIV Zodiac, which had the same engine. That was caused by some prat fitting a V4 pump, which didn´t have a return pipe.... |
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matthew Guest
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject: Well... |
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Well, I took the car into a garage I was recommended to by a GT6 owner. He checked out the Scimitar and its fuel line, ran it and found nothing wrong with it, faultless (as I predicted).
However He did notice that the HT Leads were in a bit of a mess, so he sorted all of those out, as well as the fuel line rubbing up against the water pipe. He said that the heat from this could cause an air blockage in the fuel line and for the fuel flow to stop. Hopefully this was the problem.....only time will tell.
Thanks for your input Joe and Rick....its an ongoing education for me! |
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