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I have a customer with a one owner Alpine ( his father) that has 38K original miles.
I had it in the shop for brakes, radiator and exhaust work. The car is almost perfectly
stock and seems to run very well.
On his way home, about 50 miles, his car stumbled a bit and a little while later it just quit
running. There was gas in the fuel pump and after 10-15 minutes of sitting he was able to
restart and make it home. At first blush it sounds like a vapor lock situation but not knowing
Strombergs well I didn't feel that I should just tell him that's what it was. I was also thinking
it could be gunk in the fuel tank/lines but there was fuel in the pump.
Has anyone had an issue like this and what did you do to correct it.
I did notice that once I got the idle down to around 900 rpm it idled nicely but
when after driving for around 20 minutes it was up ti 1500 rpm. This wasn't his
first incident with this car as it happened before and he had to get towed.
This car has sat around and not driven in many years and he would like to start driving
it more.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Steve
I had it in the shop for brakes, radiator and exhaust work. The car is almost perfectly
stock and seems to run very well.
On his way home, about 50 miles, his car stumbled a bit and a little while later it just quit
running. There was gas in the fuel pump and after 10-15 minutes of sitting he was able to
restart and make it home. At first blush it sounds like a vapor lock situation but not knowing
Strombergs well I didn't feel that I should just tell him that's what it was. I was also thinking
it could be gunk in the fuel tank/lines but there was fuel in the pump.
Has anyone had an issue like this and what did you do to correct it.
I did notice that once I got the idle down to around 900 rpm it idled nicely but
when after driving for around 20 minutes it was up ti 1500 rpm. This wasn't his
first incident with this car as it happened before and he had to get towed.
This car has sat around and not driven in many years and he would like to start driving
it more.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Steve