I have a really strange problem that has come from one day to the other. The car would not start the other day but 6 hours earlier it was running just fine. She was low on fuel so I put in 20l, i then drove 5 miles and parked the car, the day after she would not start.
When i turn the key the starter goes round and she wants to fire up but nothing happens, a little bit of black smoke comes out the exhaust and she backfires a few times. i have put a new distributor (spell check) on & new cables.
Pulled out the spark plugs and they are black.
I opened the tank and found some sludge in the bottom of the tank where the fuel pump is, I have sucked it out and put on a new petrol filter.
Now I got the car started but when I push the throttle down she sounds like a tractor and backfires sometimes. The engine has not used any coolant, it is still at the same level.
Pulled out the plugs again after she started up and they seem fine again....strange.
Any ideas what else it can be. My next plan is to empty the fuel tank and try with some new petrol, but could it be the head gasket or even a piston problem?
I´m not driving anywhere as it sounds like a tractor and dont want to make matters worse.
there are no engine code errors coming up.
When i turn the key the starter goes round and she wants to fire up but nothing happens, a little bit of black smoke comes out the exhaust and she backfires a few times. i have put a new distributor (spell check) on & new cables.
Pulled out the spark plugs and they are black.
I opened the tank and found some sludge in the bottom of the tank where the fuel pump is, I have sucked it out and put on a new petrol filter.
Now I got the car started but when I push the throttle down she sounds like a tractor and backfires sometimes. The engine has not used any coolant, it is still at the same level.
Pulled out the plugs again after she started up and they seem fine again....strange.
Any ideas what else it can be. My next plan is to empty the fuel tank and try with some new petrol, but could it be the head gasket or even a piston problem?
I´m not driving anywhere as it sounds like a tractor and dont want to make matters worse.
there are no engine code errors coming up.