I've had a recurrent problem with starting the car from cold... normally after a week or more in the garage unused (certainly 91p/litre Optimax is not encouraging it's use). It would start and then the idle would slowly die after a minute or so.
I checked the dashpots first and sure enough they were a little empty so I brimmed those with some engine oil.
The idle is fine now, seems to come off the choke quicker and it wasn't dying anymore. However on blipping the throttle it revealed another problem. The engine revs would decline right down below idle, almost to the point of stopping before recovering again.
Now that wasn't there before...
Would anyone have any idea why?
I took it out on a good blast up the M40 that day and nothing presented itself, fuel economy seems fine, power is defintely ok I'm wondering if it has anything to do with automatic enrichment and the choke?
I checked the dashpots first and sure enough they were a little empty so I brimmed those with some engine oil.
The idle is fine now, seems to come off the choke quicker and it wasn't dying anymore. However on blipping the throttle it revealed another problem. The engine revs would decline right down below idle, almost to the point of stopping before recovering again.
Now that wasn't there before...
Would anyone have any idea why?
I took it out on a good blast up the M40 that day and nothing presented itself, fuel economy seems fine, power is defintely ok I'm wondering if it has anything to do with automatic enrichment and the choke?