justynough4me

Well, I talked with a friend of mine... He listened to it, and suspects that one of the bearings has slipped, meaning replacing that, turning the crankshaft, resizing the connecting rod, and resizing the piston. Or, replacing the engine. Far too much work, and too costly. So, it's off to the junk yard for the ol' girl. Sucks, cuz I really like that car, but it needs so much other work. As long as the engine was ok, I didn't mind putting the other work into it. But, now that the engine is shot, the car isn't worth fixing. It'd cost me $2,000 to fix now, and it's just not worth it.

It appears to be more pronounced at around 2000rpm. Above there, the engine seems to settle, and once it builds oil pressure, it seems to be ok at idle. It's very pronounced, though, upon first starting the engine.

This afternoon, my Justy started making a gawd awful noise.... It sounds like I'm driving a jackhammer! Did I throw a bearing? Or do I have a stuck valve? What could the problem be?

Flanders, Belgium. As in, Flanders Fields? My apologies. The choke itself cannot be adjusted. However, the pull-off can. On the Justy, there's a coil spring in a metal housing on the side of the carbeureter. This can be rotated, adjusting the choke pulloff. As you'll see from another post, I've done that, and I'm hoping that it'll help. So far, though, it seems to have made a difference.

I'll have to look and see what country you're from, Urban. In Canada and the USA, ALL cars have had a cat since about 1976 or there abouts. Yes, mine has a cat. I just went outside to take another look. It appears that the choke spring housing turns a wee bit. So, I set the choke, held it closed, and then turned the housing all the way to where it seems to sit when the engine is warmed up. That might just do it. But, I'm open to other ideas. I can tell you this.... if I set the choke by hand, the engine starts up, and idles at 1500-2000rpm until I kick the throttle lever, after which it drops down to approx 1000rpm. That's how it SHOULD operate all the time. Unfortunately, if I just push the pedal to the floor, it doesn't seem to do that. I'll see, though, if what I did today helps it any.

That's what I first thought, too... But, all Soobs have one, unless it's been removed (and mine hasn't. Should be two, right? One in the exhaust manifold, and the other about half way down the pipe?

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Hey, gang! My Justy's doing real well. Just one problem that I need to rectify, other than the major repairs I still need. Can somebody tell me how to adjust the choke on my baby? She seems to set when I go to start 'er up cold, but her fast idle is non existent (unless I set the choke with my hand). Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp! Winter's coming, and Saskatchewan winters are cold,and hard on the poor baby! I've been for a while on this one.... Might hafta replace the carb, but I sure hope not....

That sounds right. However, the green connectors may be to clear codes, not to display them. On the '88 Justy, without those green connectors (Justy they're under the dash) plugged in, it displays the codes when the check engine light comes on. Once you've read the codes, I've got a manual here. If you post the codes that you read, I'll look 'em up for you.