John M
Enthusiast
- Messages
- 87
- Location
- Yorkshire
My Renault 4 GTL doesn't get a lot of use and I will not take it out on roads with salt on them so this usually means the poor old car doesn't get any attention during the winter.
Come the start up this year it just wouldn't start. This is most unusual. Eventually I did get it to start but running rough. Whilst proding and poking I got a bit of a tingle from the HT leads so even if this was not the cause I thought I might as well change all the HT bits. spark plugs, points, distributor cap, HT leads. It still wouldn't start. Off with the airfilter and a dribble of fuel straight down the carburettor and I got 2 seconds of running. Got to be a fuel problem then. Carb off and cleaned out and still no go.
Then the light eventually dawned. With my outboard motor for the boat I always have to put new fuel in at the start of the season or it just will not go even though the motor is only 2 seasons old.
Carburettor off again and cleaned out and new fuel poured into the float chamber. The result. Immediate start and running just like it used to.
Just to be sure I rigged up a temporary supply and fed the supply from the pump into a spare fuel can. It runs really well now but what do I do with the old fuel?
Come the start up this year it just wouldn't start. This is most unusual. Eventually I did get it to start but running rough. Whilst proding and poking I got a bit of a tingle from the HT leads so even if this was not the cause I thought I might as well change all the HT bits. spark plugs, points, distributor cap, HT leads. It still wouldn't start. Off with the airfilter and a dribble of fuel straight down the carburettor and I got 2 seconds of running. Got to be a fuel problem then. Carb off and cleaned out and still no go.
Then the light eventually dawned. With my outboard motor for the boat I always have to put new fuel in at the start of the season or it just will not go even though the motor is only 2 seasons old.
Carburettor off again and cleaned out and new fuel poured into the float chamber. The result. Immediate start and running just like it used to.
Just to be sure I rigged up a temporary supply and fed the supply from the pump into a spare fuel can. It runs really well now but what do I do with the old fuel?