The car did finally start at some point, ran but not
as smoothly as I was expecting. A little smoke at
the rear (not unusual considering all the carb cleaner
that's been shoved down it's throat) and some noise,
like the clicking of a relay about 3 times per second.
rpm about 700-750 i think. Then I noticed some smoke
from the turbine housing, so I turned the engine off.
I then realised it was some wd40 left on the housing that
was going in smoke. I also had only about 3 gallons in
the tank (I had 1 gallon of BP 89 octane I had put in the
dry tank when I got it and added 2 gallons of BP 93 octane
this weekend) so I went to fill my jerrycan and pourred 2 more
gallons of BP 93.
After that, I tried restarting but it didn't. It almost ran a
few times, but that's it...
Is there any special voodoo to do on a car that has ran out
of fuel? As I said, the tank was dry when I picked up the car.
I just realised I hadn't changed the fuel filter... maybe that's
the problem... Somebody has the beck arnley # handy?
I'll pick one up when I'll go and get my K&N filters tomorrow.
I'll grab a fuel pressure guage too to be sure.
Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
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