by clivebawden » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:20 am
My previously well behaved 1988 atmo has suddenly stopped ticking over once warmed up. It stalls whenever I take my foot off the accelerator. It also seems to be running rough on small throttle openings. This fault started after I spent the weekend trying to sort some electrical gremlins with my lights. I was getting strange things happening like indicators and rear fog lights coming on when I braked, and all four indicators coming on at once when I indicated left or right. I started at the rear of the car and disconnected and cleaned all the connectors I could find following the wiring from the rear light clusters towards the front of the car. This appears to have cured my light problems but resulted in this tickover problem. Perhaps I've disturbed something connected to the carburetor?
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Clive