eadmr04
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I have a 1968 3500 P6B and generally it runs like a dream. I've had a few small problems before mainly that when it's the car is hot and you stop, if you try to start it again, sometimes you have to crank it and eventually it will start but you have to try to keep the revs up. When you put your foot on the brake to then select drive, the revs drop and it dies. In the past I've normally stuck with it and eventually I can get the revs up long enough to get it into drive and pull away and then alll is generally ok.
I've been out today and the weather was hot and after I'd sat at a roundabout for a couple of minutes, I went to pull away and there seemed to be a loss of power but it picked up again ok and I thought I was imagining it but after the next set of lights it did it again. When we arrived at the car park I had slowed down then went to move along a bit more and the gearchange seemed very rough with quite a clonk! I then went to manouver and it died on me. I managed after cranking it to get it started and parked but going from drive to reverse it seemed very rough again. When we came home and it had stood for a couple of hours it all seemed fine again?
Would the syptoms described be the dreaded vapourisation and would the fact that the revs were really low make the gearchange rough, do the revs need to be at a certain level to make the drive selection smooth?
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
I've been out today and the weather was hot and after I'd sat at a roundabout for a couple of minutes, I went to pull away and there seemed to be a loss of power but it picked up again ok and I thought I was imagining it but after the next set of lights it did it again. When we arrived at the car park I had slowed down then went to move along a bit more and the gearchange seemed very rough with quite a clonk! I then went to manouver and it died on me. I managed after cranking it to get it started and parked but going from drive to reverse it seemed very rough again. When we came home and it had stood for a couple of hours it all seemed fine again?
Would the syptoms described be the dreaded vapourisation and would the fact that the revs were really low make the gearchange rough, do the revs need to be at a certain level to make the drive selection smooth?
Any ideas would be gratefully received.