Sounds like you were running way too rich and choking the old girl out. Could
have been a float problem.
Christian Kiel wrote:
> Hi folks,
> last night I had one of the famous "Loss of Power" encounter. Driving home
> from work, without any warning, my Series3 2,25 Petrol, started coughing
> black smoke. Switching tanks, working the choke, kicking the accelerator,
> nothing worked and the engine died. I tried my best, but it would not start.
> Fuelpump and filter were clean, also no visilble obstruction inside the
> carb, a Weber. After waiting 15min for a friend, it was 10:45pm, I tried to
> start the beast again. Working the choke and the accelerator, she was slowly
> starting to fire up with enough power to start rolling with transfer gear in
> low. And surprise, the power was increasing. After about 3 minutes, she was
> running normal again. Now, I don't want to qoute the fairytale, a land rover
> will bring you home, anyhow. (By the way, she did, the worst experience was
> a faulty ignition wire 75m away from the homeplate when I had to tow her the
> last 75m in.) I just want to know, what was happening. Best guess is a stuck
> float assembly. I don't want to open the Weber, because she is running now
> nicely again. (Never touch a running system.)
>
> MfG Christian ;-}
>
> The more durable your LR is, the further away
> from civilization you'll be when it fails.
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