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Engine Stall

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Engine Stall

Post by daveSierra »

Hello All,

There are similar posts to this question in the "Bible" section but I'm not sure that they are exactly the same.

Here is the problem...

I have a stock standard '96 Sierra. When I first start the car in the morning then it will start first time and idle OK. The auto choke comes on and goes off when the engine is warming up. But, when I start driving, the engine will stall after 1 or 2 minutes. Then, the car will restart fine on the 1st or 2nd attempt and I will have no more problems until the following morning.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Many thanks.
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Post by =SKB= »

Could be crap in your fuel...whats your filter like? May also be something clogged in the carby that moves about and stalls the engine. Try a bottle of carby cleaner in your fuel and see how it goes maybe...
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Post by Oscars »

try sitting there after starting on 2 grand for 2 mins then drive and see if it still stalls
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Post by daveSierra »

...just a bit of additional info. On Sunday, the car started and ran fine and I was driving for about 20mins until I got on the Freeway. I was crusing at around 90-100km/h for about 5 mins and then the car started to stall and so I pulled over, started her up again and drove off - then another stall. This happened about 4/5 times. In the end I pulled over, removed the air filter and she was as good as gold after that.

Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause of this?

I haven't had a chance yet to clean the carby but I hope to be able to do this later this week to see if that sorts the problem.
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Post by daveSierra »

...BTW - the air filter that was in there was new.
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Post by Vineboy »

May sound silly but both my old 1ltr did it and now my 1.3 is doing it. My problem is that ice will form on the inside of the carby as I didn't have the carb pre-heater tube coming off the exhaust manofold. Now that thats back on it works fine. Just a thought as it will only happen in winter.
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Post by daveSierra »

Thanks all.
I have just checked the fuel filter and it is full of crap.
More specifically, there are rust flakes in there.
Does this indicate that my fuel tank has rust in it?
Do I need to replace the tank or can I treat it?
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Post by =SKB= »

Drop it out and wash it out with fuel, change your filter, and you should be fine. One trick I've seen is mounting the fuel filter under the bonnet in plain sight so you can keep an eye on things.
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Post by daveSierra »

...thanks =SKB=
I would have acted on your advice sooner but I broke my wrist at the weekend and taking me twice as long to do anything now!

Thanks again.
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Post by =SKB= »

No problem mate :D
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Post by daveSierra »

...to remove the fuel tank I need to disconnect the fuel level gauge lead wire (amongst other things).

Where is this? Will it be obvious when I look at it?
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Post by "CANADA" »

daveSierra wrote:...to remove the fuel tank I need to disconnect the fuel level gauge lead wire (amongst other things).

Where is this? Will it be obvious when I look at it?

It will be a female blade lug ontop of the tank
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Post by daveSierra »

Looks like the car has had a bad load of fuel at some point. Removed the fuel tank and all clear. (I had already bought a spare tank just in case but now I don't need it so if anyone is after a fuel tank let's talk a deal)

I replaced the fuel filter and the car goes like a dream now, no probs at all. Thanks everyone for the help :D
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