Hi All. Here's the update for my little tale of woe. The service kit arrived on Thursday and the carb was stripped, cleaned and rebuilt on Friday. I didn't find any eureka bits of muck anywhere but there were some odd bits around which may have added up to a problem. Today I refitted the carb and, after some turning over to refill the float chamber with fuel, the engine fired up and ran with the choke on and me not touching the throttle. >>Moment of truth<< After it had warmed up a bit, a blip of the throttle saw it drop to a slightly lumpy idle. With it suitably warmed up, a bit of tweaking with idle mixture and speed, just using my vacuum gauge and the rev counter, smoothed everything out to a good idle (well, as good as a CVH gets). Tomorrow, when it's stopped raining, I'll get it outside and get my CO meter on it to set it up properly. - Job done!
So, the questions:- 1. Did the strip, clean and rebuilt fix it? - Yes. 2. Did I find a definite fault during the fix? - No, not really. 3. Was the fault diagnoses correct? - Sort off. Strip/Clean/Rebuild is like turning the computer off then on again, it can fix it, but you don't always know why! 4. Did I learn anything new? - Yes, the Anti Run-on Valve doesn't shut off the idle fuel, it shuts off the idle air. If nothing else, I hope the fault diagnoses process may be of some use. It didn't really pinpoint a fault but it eliminated most other things and that's a start. Just out of curiosity, with the engine at idle, I pulled the vacuum pipe of the carb. It made no real difference, so I won't worry about it in the future. Dave E Q2009 - Back on the road. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to quantumowners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to quantumowners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained within this or related message(s). --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to quantumowners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/quantumowners/943cfa50-c11b-4597-a57d-dc7d19362fd5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
