A complete Newbie needs help

"tricky" > wrote

>
> Much better - thank you.
>
> Now I can take the bits of stuff I have read from you and muir and
> others, and my limited knowledge/experience, and sort out in my own way
> what 'I' think is right (whether that is actually right or not ! ), and
> play with the choke, or not.
>
> I like info - lots of it , everyone has a slightly different take on
> what they think is right. Sometimes you can read a whole new book on a
> familiar subject and just a few lines from it teach you something new !
>
>
> Back to my engine ...
> It only does it occasionaly, when I have been on a long drive, and then
> stop for about half an hour or so. I need to have the gas padel right
> down and let it spin for 10 - 20 secs before it starts firing, usually
> one cylinder at a time, and slowly 'picks up'. It always helps if I
> switch the ignition on and wait for the choke element to warm up.


sounds like your car is flooding....google up one of speedy jims replies on
this subject.... look for "speedy jim" and "boiling fuel" ...should get you
what you need....