V8Adam
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Dear all,
I have a 1981 Corvette and wondered if anybody had encountered or had advice on this issue.
Most of the time she starts without any issue. If however, she does not start first time she can then sometimes refuse to start. The only way of resolving it seems to be to leave her for about an hour and then try again, at which point she usually starts fine. I have found that this is usually if the battery is a bit run down, which could well be the issue. I usually leave her on a C-Tek charger but sometimes she ends up off of it for a while.
I have read the owners manual about the starting procedure and how you should not touch the accelerator whilst starting or after. I am assuming this is due to the computer controlled carb.
The manual refers to starting procedures if this happens including pumping the accelerator (presumably if the chamber is empty) and also holding the accelerator down when starting to clear flooding. The trouble is that both of these procedures have never got the car started.
Some further information incase it is relevant is that she quite often falls over when reversing. This is typically if you're turning around, she will go forward fine, into reverse fine, you give a little accelerator, she goes back, struggles and then then engine cuts out. After which she will start again with ease. Doesn't happen every time but more often than not.
The workshop I take it to has changed the timing at some point as she was running a bit rough after a timing chain swap.
Any advice or pointers would be great.
I have a 1981 Corvette and wondered if anybody had encountered or had advice on this issue.
Most of the time she starts without any issue. If however, she does not start first time she can then sometimes refuse to start. The only way of resolving it seems to be to leave her for about an hour and then try again, at which point she usually starts fine. I have found that this is usually if the battery is a bit run down, which could well be the issue. I usually leave her on a C-Tek charger but sometimes she ends up off of it for a while.
I have read the owners manual about the starting procedure and how you should not touch the accelerator whilst starting or after. I am assuming this is due to the computer controlled carb.
The manual refers to starting procedures if this happens including pumping the accelerator (presumably if the chamber is empty) and also holding the accelerator down when starting to clear flooding. The trouble is that both of these procedures have never got the car started.
Some further information incase it is relevant is that she quite often falls over when reversing. This is typically if you're turning around, she will go forward fine, into reverse fine, you give a little accelerator, she goes back, struggles and then then engine cuts out. After which she will start again with ease. Doesn't happen every time but more often than not.
The workshop I take it to has changed the timing at some point as she was running a bit rough after a timing chain swap.
Any advice or pointers would be great.
