John242Ti
LH-Jet & Carb Free Zone
- Joined
- May 19, 2003
- Location
- Duvall, WA
A couple things...
Are you running E10 gas in the car? If so, and there's an E0 station nearby (check the pure-gas.org site), fill up with the E0. K-Jet (and to some extent, LH-Jet) doesn't really like ethanol, especially if the car winds up sitting for any period of time.
The other thing, which ties into the car sitting for some time - K-Jet can develop varnish, which will gum up the control pressure regulator and the fuel distributor, causing a random stutter that feels like one cylinder isn't firing. Both items can be cleaned with mineral spirits, which should help.
Otherwise, nice score. Factory smoothtop M46 wagons are kinda rare these days. Whatever you do, save the car for nicer weather. Not sure if NC uses salt in the winter, but if they do, best to keep the car off the road when they're using it.
-J
Are you running E10 gas in the car? If so, and there's an E0 station nearby (check the pure-gas.org site), fill up with the E0. K-Jet (and to some extent, LH-Jet) doesn't really like ethanol, especially if the car winds up sitting for any period of time.
The other thing, which ties into the car sitting for some time - K-Jet can develop varnish, which will gum up the control pressure regulator and the fuel distributor, causing a random stutter that feels like one cylinder isn't firing. Both items can be cleaned with mineral spirits, which should help.
Otherwise, nice score. Factory smoothtop M46 wagons are kinda rare these days. Whatever you do, save the car for nicer weather. Not sure if NC uses salt in the winter, but if they do, best to keep the car off the road when they're using it.
-J