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I've been DDing the racecar back and forth to work (my second job), 35 miles each way. I haven't had any issues, and I even got to track my MPG last week with a GPS, getting 42MPG driving it fairly hard..
Anyway.. all was fine and dandy until yesterday (with one other incident a few days prior). I recently had the alternator belt replaced (two or three weeks?), as I haven't had time to do it myself. It was squealing like a pig before, and stopped after the replacement (I assume it was the alt. belt, as it stopped squealing if you turned all lights/fan motors off, so it might have been something else??). The belt looked pretty old..
Yesterday morning, I went to start her up. Turned over.. try again, turn over.. finally started on the fourth try. This is a one-turn, 1-second car, even in 20F weather (full tank of gas). I was like alright... I'll let it warm up a bit. About 10min later, I flipped it in reverse, and started to head off. Starts squealing LOUD. Louder than before. I go ahead and move, as it stopped before after a little moving.. but I can barely get out of the drive.. I get to the stop sign, wait there a second, then pull out in first. I get to 2k RPM and let go of the clutch. Chug chug. No acceleration. I shift to second, chug chug dies. I start it up again, get to the side of the road (rolling), and try again.. nothing. Got it home at 3-5MPH, jumped in the Festiva, was late for work by 10minutes.. :nightmare:
This did happen once before (and seriously almost killed me) when I pulled out into traffic. I thought it was my own clutching mistake or something, but now realize it wasn't me. I flipped it into second and it was fine after that, for the next 500ish miles.
Only thing I've had time to do yet was take off the fuel filter, blow it out, check for any deposits in there, put it back on. Still squeals and absolutely no acceleration. Barely made it around the block.. Fuel filter has been ordered, either way.
I won't even have time to pop the hood until Saturday, but any possible fixes or anything at all is helpful. All plug wires are on tight, oil is fine, clutch works well, engine idles.. a little off, like 100RPM low, but sounds fine just idling. Fuel pressure is at 3 (has a fuel pressure gauge under hood), though I don't know if that's normal or not. I can hear the pump running.
Could this be so simple as the alternator belt being too tight? The lights don't flicker or anything.. Coil? Carb? Vacuum leak (though there are so few vacuum anythings, the carb is pretty much the only breather left)?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Joe
I've been DDing the racecar back and forth to work (my second job), 35 miles each way. I haven't had any issues, and I even got to track my MPG last week with a GPS, getting 42MPG driving it fairly hard..
Anyway.. all was fine and dandy until yesterday (with one other incident a few days prior). I recently had the alternator belt replaced (two or three weeks?), as I haven't had time to do it myself. It was squealing like a pig before, and stopped after the replacement (I assume it was the alt. belt, as it stopped squealing if you turned all lights/fan motors off, so it might have been something else??). The belt looked pretty old..
Yesterday morning, I went to start her up. Turned over.. try again, turn over.. finally started on the fourth try. This is a one-turn, 1-second car, even in 20F weather (full tank of gas). I was like alright... I'll let it warm up a bit. About 10min later, I flipped it in reverse, and started to head off. Starts squealing LOUD. Louder than before. I go ahead and move, as it stopped before after a little moving.. but I can barely get out of the drive.. I get to the stop sign, wait there a second, then pull out in first. I get to 2k RPM and let go of the clutch. Chug chug. No acceleration. I shift to second, chug chug dies. I start it up again, get to the side of the road (rolling), and try again.. nothing. Got it home at 3-5MPH, jumped in the Festiva, was late for work by 10minutes.. :nightmare:
This did happen once before (and seriously almost killed me) when I pulled out into traffic. I thought it was my own clutching mistake or something, but now realize it wasn't me. I flipped it into second and it was fine after that, for the next 500ish miles.
Only thing I've had time to do yet was take off the fuel filter, blow it out, check for any deposits in there, put it back on. Still squeals and absolutely no acceleration. Barely made it around the block.. Fuel filter has been ordered, either way.
I won't even have time to pop the hood until Saturday, but any possible fixes or anything at all is helpful. All plug wires are on tight, oil is fine, clutch works well, engine idles.. a little off, like 100RPM low, but sounds fine just idling. Fuel pressure is at 3 (has a fuel pressure gauge under hood), though I don't know if that's normal or not. I can hear the pump running.
Could this be so simple as the alternator belt being too tight? The lights don't flicker or anything.. Coil? Carb? Vacuum leak (though there are so few vacuum anythings, the carb is pretty much the only breather left)?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Joe
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