i swear these damm cars do my head in.

every few weeks or so when i'm sitting in traffic the car will just die. no warning, no hesitating, backfiring, loss of power, it just dies. then it wont start again until its given a bump start, jump starts dont work. i've really no idea what it is. i've checked all the earths and cleaned them all up and it was fine again for a few weeks. this it the fourth time its happened now and its just getting to the stage where i cant use the car everyday, its gonna have to go.
fucking cars

 

Idle mixture a little bit lean maybe?

 

have no idea mate, really have no idea. how could i check that?

i should also say about how iot acts once its cut out. it seems electrical as the car sometimes wont turn over it will just click, but then it will turn over slowly a few times. i thought starter but why would it cut out in the first place?

 

Just turn the idle mixutre screw 1/4 of a turn clockwise and see how it behaves after that, if it's no different or worse try 1/4 of a turn anti-clockwise (from original position, so turn 1/2 anti-clockwise from where it would be now) could be thats it's a bit rich at idle and choking itself.

 

might try that. its only every few weeks though thats the anoying thing with it !

 

I had a car that had a similar fault once, was a blocked fuel filter

 

hmm. ta. i've never changed mine, so might do that aswell . which one though? the one beside the airfilter of the one under the brake servo, or both?

cheers.

 

surely a blocked filter wouldnt drain a battery tho?
id be looking at the alternator maybe its on its last legs.the cars wont run without charge in the battery as i found out yesterday get it to din see if he can test the battery and alternator check the alternators wired up right

 

but its fine for weeks and weeks at a time. anyway, rads gone now and i cant even fix that cos i've squashed my finger really bad. juicy stuff everywhere and lots of swearing!