poor idling, stalling

Dec 27, 2003 2 Replies

My car is a Nissan Sentra '95 with carburetor system.



It seems obvious that the idling channel all the way from the fuel bowl to the idling outlet opening in the throttle throat gets clogged by some debris every now and then, resulting in poor idling and stalling on the road.



What I do for first-aid remedy is to open wide the idling mixture output aperture, turning the adjustment screw counterclockwise, and flush the system vigorously, dislodging the debris whatever. That gets me home.



Do the experts here have any suggestion to fix the problem for good, aside from dismantling the carburetor and cleaning the whole contrivance, every nook and corner, specially the idling channel?



Susma Rio Sep


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When was the fuel filter last changed? I think that would be the first step. Second step might be to drain and flush the gas tank. I had an '82 Corona that had some funk in the tank. Luckily the tank had a drain plug (first and last time I ever saw that).

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