dnicholson Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Chasing down an occasional issue with the '81 DL (1800). It always starts fine when cold, but if I run it for a length of time (long enough for the temp gauge to crawl towards normal) and then try to re-start it, it won't fire. It'll crank OK, just no spark. If I wait 20 minutes or so for it to cool down, it fires right up like nothing happened. I replaced the coil about a month ago and thought that'd fixed it, but it happened again over the weekend. Any advice as to other likely causes appreciated. Thanks, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Chasing down an occasional issue with the '81 DL (1800). It always starts fine when cold, but if I run it for a length of time (long enough for the temp gauge to crawl towards normal) and then try to re-start it, it won't fire. It'll crank OK, just no spark. If I wait 20 minutes or so for it to cool down, it fires right up like nothing happened. I replaced the coil about a month ago and thought that'd fixed it, but it happened again over the weekend. Any advice as to other likely causes appreciated. Thanks, Dave Bad ignitor. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnicholson Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 With authority! Thanks. Now that I know that I'm searching for "ignitor," found all sorts of other posts about the same problem. Ordered a NOS module on eBay, should fix it. Thanks again. -Dave Bad ignitor. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchsub Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 would this be my problem too? I just thought it was a carb car problem. When its warm it wont start for me unless i give it some gas as im turning it over and then it fires right up. I just shrugged it off as an old car thing :-\ PS sorry to hijack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4_Welder Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 would this be my problem too? I just thought it was a carb car problem. When its warm it wont start for me unless i give it some gas as im turning it over and then it fires right up. I just shrugged it off as an old car thing :-\ PS sorry to hijack Nope, that's a carb issue. Sounds like it's flooding out, either from fuel boiling out of the bowl and down the carb throat, or a slow drip due to plugged air bleeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnicholson Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Yeah, different problem. I second the carb theory. My apparent ignitor thing keeps the car from starting no matter what I do to the gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchsub Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Nope, that's a carb issue. Sounds like it's flooding out, either from fuel boiling out of the bowl and down the carb throat, or a slow drip due to plugged air bleeds. Hmmm well it did the same thing with the carter-weber and i swapped on a hitachi now and it still acts the same. Thats why i was rulling out carb issues. But u think that i just got unlucky and have two carbs with the same problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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