Still lagging - Advice please

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Still lagging - Advice please **PICTURES ADDED**

OK, My car is still lagging in power.

It is a completely standard Ford Orion 1.6 (NOT Injection) J reg so 91/92.

I don't know why, but it is not pulling away as it should be. When i put my foot down to pull away, the car will more often than not judder and sound like it is going to stall, if i release the accel and pump it, it comes back into life. This is most annoying at junctions and round a bouts.

Also when accelerating through the gears it goes quite sluggish up until about 4k RPM where it all of a sudden kicks into life.

I have so far

1) Put some Redex through it
2) Changed Plugs
3) Changed Leads
4) Cleaned out Air Filter

I noticed the car was starting to make a loud noise as well, like the exhaust was gone, but i could onl see a tiny hole on the middle box, so i looked under the bonnet. Now i don't know the proper names for things, but i tightened up the two bolts that sit just below the unit the HT leads plug into as it looked loose and to be the cause of the noise. I will charge my camera and go outside and take a picture of what i mean. Anyway that quitened the noise down a bit.

What else could be wrong with my car? Also it is eating unleaded like a Jag on a stag weekend. £37 to fill her up gets me 200 miles if i'm lucky.

 

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OK, see pictures below. That's the boplt i tightened to stop the noise, whats that holding on? Are there more under that cover? Could this be effecting performance?

Picture of Engine bay

 

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Change the fuel filter, they're only like £5-10.

The exhaust could have something to do with the poor fuel economy. How is the engine temperature?

Get a new distributer cap too, well worth it for £5.

Distributor cap? Is that the thig that sits under the cap the HT leads go onto?

Where does the fuel filter go, and is it easy to fit? I am in o ay a mechanic so don't know lamer terms, etc. I'mm willing to try anything though

 

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Exhaust manifold heat shield.

Check around the hoses for hissing noises indicating a leak.

Check plug gaps, plug and leads condition.

Have changed leads and plugs.

 

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Automatic choke.

Car can sometime smell very stongly of peterol as well. So i know it is deffo running rich.

 

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So what should i be doing sorry? Removing the choke?

 

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Will see if i can buy a Haynes manual from somewhere for it then. Anyone reccomend anywhere other than the Bay?

 

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Have you checked the brakes aren't binding?

How would i do that?

Will look at the carb, i think someone said to me once you can get Carb cleaner, is that worth a shot?

 

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It might be, if you take the air box off and poke the choke flaps you should be able to see if its black and clogged up.

Will take it all off in a bit and post pics

I was thinking more along the lines of the accelerator pump gasket.

What would i do to that?

 

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Got some videos and pictures. Need to find somewhere to upload them. Will reply when i've done it.

For now here are some pictures of what i believe to be the carb. The flap looked to always be pointing almost vertically down, and sometimes, just pointing down all the time, should it be doing this? Looks clean down the pipes though...

One below shows a pipe that connected to Manifold? and air filter, is split!!! Bad??

 

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OK Videos are 5MB each, and i have no Software to compress them at the moment (*.mov) files. Going to go to Halfords and get the heynes manual and a possible replacement pipe if they have one.

 

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Got the Haynes manual last night. Lack of acceleration and power 'Common Problems' section does menchion Manifold pipes/hoses and the Engine Management System.

Will replace the broken hose this morning and see how it goes, after that you think i should look up the choke? What would i need to do there, strip it and clean it? Is this somethin i should attempt or could it break my car?