The 'E' Type Forum

Good and bad news; I took the bottom off the carb in situ and the bottom of the float chamber, and the feed through to the carb, was full of gunk. I cleaned it all out and re-assembled everything and hey presto, engine now firing on all cylinders very happily. Only problem now is I can't get it to i...

Hi there, We've just fired up my father-in-law's S2 and it's not running on cylinders 3 & 4. Spark is present at both plugs, so I'm pretty sure the problem is fuel not getting through the middle SU carb. Any advice on where I go from here? There's fuel in the pot, the float seems ok, I'm trying to a...

Hi there, Just writing on behalf of my father-in-law and his beautiful but temperamental Series 2 E-type. When started from cold, it fires up quite happily and idles very nicely; however if you touch the throttle whilst cold it conks out; possibly some sort of fuel starvation issue? Once the engine ...