Carburettor Gurus

[edwin]

Hi . We have a Spanish 1988 R4TL, and its done 40k miles. Its in fantastic condition. The engine runs slightly lumpy. It appears to still need a bit of choke when warm and whilst it runs, it never feels truly happy, as does the other R4 845 cc we have which always seems happy as larry. I wonder if there is anyone in the forum to whom I could drive, for them to practice their black arts on the carb, and see if we can identify the problem, and hopefully cure it. I am in the midlands.

 

[André4Renaults]

You're welcome to trek down to Barnet and I will "give of my best" as regards tuning and timing. I've a professional quality strobe lamp and a CO analyser, so could check both the mixture and timing. However, before venturing this far south, might I suggest a visit to "The Carburettor Exchange", of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire? I can personally vouch as to the quality of their work and I've taken carburettors to them, after which the car's run perfectly! I can suggest some methods of tweaking the carb in situ if you'd prefer, as I'm sure will many other forum members.

 

[edwin]

Hi Andrew and sorry for the delay in replying.
Thanks very much for that. Will cogitate on that kind offer. I need to drive the car a little more before I embark on that length of journey. I will look at plugs, distributer cap and rotor and points and leads first. If that does not clear it then I will have to embark on the trip. I was hoping that there might be someone in the midlands. Thanks again and I will keep in touch. Edwin