912 Gremlins

[womble912]

Hi Folks,

The car is popping and flat spotting pulling away in 1st gear. Once away with my foot down it pulls very well but once in traffic or standing still the engine cuts out. Had a new coil, petrol filter and fuel pump checked by Max at Revival. Any thoughts would be greatly received.

Womble.

[butzsi]

Points gap closed up-advancing timing?

Chris

[womble912]

Chris,

I have a new dizzy RSR 0012 fitted but I will look into this. Thank you.
Womble.

[Alan @ CanfordClassics]

Sounds fuel. Checked the carb fully?

Alan

[womble912]

Alan,

I will add that to my list.

[silverfox]

Had similar symptoms On my 912 on a Rally/tour, took out the 4 x jets under torch light and blew them out, initially improved but came back a little later, really struggled on steep hills. Took the jets out again, found a tiny piece of glass shard like scale in the jet. Perfect since. Good luck.

[Timo]

Yep, I agree with the above post, check your idle jets are all clear.

[vicpolky]

Agreed, does sound like jets. Also worth pulling your plugs just to check (oh man how annoying a job it is just to check plugs on '12).

[Nine One One]

Did you ever get to the bottom of what was causing this.

[revival-cars]

Yep, turned out to be a problem with the LHS Solex. Now repaired and running great, one very cool 69 sunroof coupe

[Nine One One]

Thanks Max
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