liamo Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hello all. My manta 19.s seems to be having carburettor trouble, Its been missing a little when cold for the past two or three times I have used it. yesterday when I started it it ran o.k for a few mins then started missing / spluttering and eventually stopped altogther. I cannot start it now. I have got spark and petrol is reaching the carburettor,I have tried it many times and it just fires very briefly now and then. the plugs are totally dry so I guess its not flooded. Sorry for being so long winded trying to give enough information. Its a Zenith with automatic choke. should I get it rebuilt, any advice appreciated. any reccomendation as to who rebuilds / repairs same please. are there common problems with these units ?. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 does sound like you are not getting any fuel into the engine, take the fuel pipe off the carb, put the end in a bottle and crank the engine, make sure the fuel pumps out, if it does then you might have dirt in your carb blocking things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe of Lincoln Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Are you sure it's the carb? I had a similar problem a couple of years ago, which was eventually traced to a poor earth on the condenser. Similar symptoms to what you are describing and I went to the trouble of having the carb stripped down and cleaned out! Good luck. Scribe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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