Have checked the dizzy and seems to be in the right place.

I think my timingchain skipped a tooth cause i have to set my timing to 7degrees ATDC or else it pings really bad. At first i thought it was my timinglight that went bunkers but after testing on another car it seems to work fine I cant remember the last time my ute was running propperly so I didn't really notice a lack in performance(can't remember the last time i took her up to 6000rpm either) I've also checked if the timing mark on the crank pully is aligned with piston #1 tdc and thats also fine.

so with my little experience of engines I figured it could be the valve timing. I'm open to any suggestions

thanks

Is there an way to check your valve/cam timing without removing the oil pan on a A14 motor?

Update: So last night I decided to take off the fuel tank, fuel line and strip the carb and make sure everthing is in working order. After completely dismantling everything that touches fuel I still could't find anything wrong. The only thing that I did not take of was the fuel pump, so i figure what the hell lets check out the brand new fuel pump, its only 4 days old i'm mean whats the odds that the fuel pump can be broken.

As I pull of the pump I hear a piece of metal falling on the ground, that was the first indication that this pump went to fuelpump heaven, after completly removing the pump I see the cam follower thingy broke off

So needless to say I'm getting an electrical pump today and hoping that it will solve the problem.

Thanks for all the advise and if I don't bump this thread again you know its working

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Ditto I've got a 82 A14 running on LRP and no problems so far...oh wait I had to retard my timing by a degree or 2 to avoid a nasty knock/ping.

You get something like lead replacement oil this is a first for me.

Sounds like a marketing gimmick to me.

thanks for all the advice guys and sorry for the late reply.

I've made sure its not a vacuum in the fueltank thats causing all the problems ( had that problem before aswell )

Anyways so I replaced the pump and fuelfilter during the weekend and bam everything is running smoothly for the entire weekend until this morning on my way to work she stalls again. So I take another look under the bonnet and the first thing I see is my fuelfilter completly full of fuel weird, I take a look at the the float level and no fuel

So tonight i'll take of the fuel line off and put a couple of bars of pressure through it and see wat gets shot out the other end.
If thats not the problem is it possible for the float to get stuck at the top?

I've gone through a couple of tanks and its the same petrol station i've been using for the last year or 2

No petrol goes through and after 1/2 hour or so it works fine again but i'm planning on changing the filter aswell. The weird thing is it does this only every now and then like once every second week or so.

Recently my ute developed some new "features" that interferes with the basic principle of a vehicle, getting from point A to point B.

I'll take a quick drive to point B without any problems, but returning to point A seems to get a bit more troublesome every now and them. I'll start up the ute with no problem and drive for oh about 300m and then nothing, no more throttle. After comming to a full stop and taking a closer look under the hood i notice there's no fuel in the carb. This seems odd I'm sure the last time i checked there was still half a tank of gas left. With further inspection I notice there is also berley any fuel in the fuel filter. So my first thought were broken fuelgauge....wrong.

So sitting next to the road for 30mins or so waiting for my lift I decide to give her one more go and bam she starts again WTF? So without delay i make spirited run back to point A.

Now, are these common symetoms for machanical fuelpumps nearing the end of there lives or do I need to go look for rocks in my fueltank?

TIA

Widget : you can go check out naamsa.co.za for more details on what fuels to use and what adjustments to make to your timing....If memory serves me correctly i needed to retard my timing by 2-3 degrees and have to use LRP but i've got a 82 datto.

I quenched my datto's thirst with some LRP and left the timing as is.....motor is running fine.

cheers