It sounds as if the choke cables are out of the ferrules when the fast
idle is adjusted.
I would make sure the cable ends stay fulled seated when choke is fully out.
I take it the choke has been set up as per factory Manual.
Peter Howells
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>
> Folks,
>
> Looking for some advice - I've just had a new set of Stromberg Carbs
> fitted in the hope of curnin some of my car's Hot & Cold start
> problems.
>
> Good news is that Hot Start issues have gone (thanks to temp
> compensators doing their stuff), with the car running nicely when
> warm. Fast idle set screws have been adjusted to give a speed of
> ~850rpm.
>
> Bad news is that when starting from cold, with choke engaged, the
> engine starts fine but the revs runaway up to ~3000rpm. There
> follows ~3 mins of playing around with choke engagement/cutting out
> until the car stabilises and can be driven off without problems.
>
> Is there another setting that should be adjusted ? A faulty/stiff
> spring ?? or perhaps a very sensitive fast idle setting ?
>
> This is the 3rd set of carbs I've had, and other than this feature,
> far & away the best.
>
> Cheers
>
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