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Hi - 15 months later and I now have an electric fuel pump fitted and the carbs have been serviced using a service kit. Took the car for a five mile run and it ran beautifully - got home and left it on the sloping drive for ten minutes and then tried to restart the engine. Back to square one...

Thanks to everybody who has responded - the car should be going to get looked at next Monday and hopefully with the help of all your suggestions it will get sorted! Thanks again - I will post a reply when I know the results!

Hi John The odd thing is that it will nearly always tick over even when hot and once it has cooled down it is driveable again but only until it gets hot again! Very frustrating! A friend suggested that it could be a fuel pump problem with the pump just about capable of delivering enough fuel...

Hi John Thanks for your response. Will advise reults as soon as I have tested it. I'm a bit nervous of even taking it out at present, in case it breaks down again in an inconvenient place as it did last Thursday!! Thanks again - will be in touch Colin

Yes, the choke appears to be working properly.

The car starts easily from cold & hot. However, after driving for two or three miles and having reached normal operating temperature, it starts coughing & spluttering, and all power disappears. It generally restarts but then will only tick over - as soon as I move into "Drive or "Reverse" all...

Does anyone else suffer continual leakage of auto fluid when car is left standing? Is this a known problem? If so what is the cure? My car is an original one family owned 3500 V8 with a genuine 70,000 miles from new. No major mechanical work has ever been done or needed - yet!

Does anyone else suffer continual leakage of auto fluid when car is left standing? Is this a known problem? If so what is the cure? My car is an original one family owned 3500 V8 with a genuine 70,000 miles from new. No major mechanical work has ever been done or needed - yet!

Does anyone else suffer continual leakage of auto fluid when car is left standing? Is this a known problem? If so what is the cure? My car is an original one family owned 3500 V8 with a genuine 70,000 miles from new. No major mechanical work has ever been done or needed - yet!