<VV> Car stops after 20 Mi

[shortle]

These are all very good suggestions. I would drive the car and bring a few items along for diagnostic purposes. A remote starter (to crank the engine over and check for spark), a primer bottle with gas (to fill the float bowls), and a few spare parts (after diagnoses has been performed). Just drive the car in a low traffic remote/rural area and not in a busy suburban area. Brakes are more important though and probably easier to diagnose.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301


-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Forman via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Dec 9, 2015 10:06 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Car stops after 20 Mi
>
>I think they said they swapped the coil out.
>
>For me and coils my mantra is:  "If in doubt, swap it out!"
>
>I typically will carry a spare coil since they and fuel pumps are a 
>couple of items that will stop you cold and also are very easy to swap 
>out on the side of the road in just a few minutes.   MUCH faster than a 
>tow truck arrival time.
>
>Larry
>
>On 12/9/2015 12:18 AM, jim bannister via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Sounds exactly like my car as the coil was crapping out.  Gets hot and
>> weakens, cools down and recovers enough for another 20 miles.  It seemed
>> that if you kept the revs up it was kinda ok, let the revs drop off, it'd
>> cough and die.  It might be interesting to artificially heat the coil with a
>> heat gun and then when it's good 'n hot, try starting the car.  At least you
>> will find the problem or eliminate the coil as a suspect.
>> Jim '66 turbovert
>>
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>> Smitty via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 9:25 AM
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>> Subject: <VV> Car stops after 20 Mi
>>
>> Smitty Sez  ; Thanks to all for their suggestions concerning the car that
>> stops and the poorly functional brakes.  We may not get back to the car
>> before after the holidays.  To those who asked about the way the car stops,
>> it starts running poorly, immediately upon slowing, losing power and
>> staggering, until it finally dies.  Will start again maybe an hour later and
>> drive on home.
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