So…after getting advice that my problem posted on the electrics section is more likely a fuel issue…here I am on the (hopefully correct) area.
I took my float chamber lids off in order to check the float heights. First thing I noticed was when I removed the front flexi fuel pipe from the rail to the carb, it was empty, no fuel at all came out. I took the lid off , then took the float assembly out. The level of fuel was very low -I’ll try to post a pic. On to the rear carb - this time there was fuel in the flexi pipe, and the fuel level, although higher than the front still looked low. So first question - should there be fuel in both the flexi pipes at all times? I could maybe at a pinch imagine the rail not being full and if that was the case the slope on the engine hence the fuel rail would pool any fuel towards the rear flexi pipe. The fuel filter situated by the (mechanical) pump is full, so the fuel isn’t going back that way. Secondly - how much fuel should be in the float chambers when “at rest?”. The car has been standing for only four days. I’ve had a long-standing issue of when I come to start the car after it has been standing for some weeks, it turns over for an age before firing - just wondering now if the fuel is disappearing somewhere and it needs a longer time to refill the chambers before it has enough on there to start, especially as it needs choke . Ideas?
Edit : pics attached - the one on the right is the front carb.
I took my float chamber lids off in order to check the float heights. First thing I noticed was when I removed the front flexi fuel pipe from the rail to the carb, it was empty, no fuel at all came out. I took the lid off , then took the float assembly out. The level of fuel was very low -I’ll try to post a pic. On to the rear carb - this time there was fuel in the flexi pipe, and the fuel level, although higher than the front still looked low. So first question - should there be fuel in both the flexi pipes at all times? I could maybe at a pinch imagine the rail not being full and if that was the case the slope on the engine hence the fuel rail would pool any fuel towards the rear flexi pipe. The fuel filter situated by the (mechanical) pump is full, so the fuel isn’t going back that way. Secondly - how much fuel should be in the float chambers when “at rest?”. The car has been standing for only four days. I’ve had a long-standing issue of when I come to start the car after it has been standing for some weeks, it turns over for an age before firing - just wondering now if the fuel is disappearing somewhere and it needs a longer time to refill the chambers before it has enough on there to start, especially as it needs choke . Ideas?
Edit : pics attached - the one on the right is the front carb.