1983 gl-10 ea81 Hesitation and Idle Problems

[tdodge41]

Last year I bought an lovely 1983 GL-10 that my buddy The Desert Fox aka Jimbo aka mechanical_misfit brought back from Denver. 

 

Well, I let it sit for the winter with a full tank of gas. When I began driving it again it started off driving great. But as the last two weeks have gone on there is hesitation that is getting worse and worse, as well as not being able to idle anymore, and pumping the hell out of the gas pedal to get it to start up at all. 

 

I put a can of seafoam in it and drove about 20 miles hoping it would help the problem, and it did a small amount. The car accelerates great with the pedal all the way to the floor, but still doesn't want to idle and has lots of hesitation other places. 

 

I am planning on doing a Weber swap (need info on this BTW, everything on the forum I am finding has these dead links), but before then, should I start replacing fuel filters and such. There is also an electrical noise coming from the primary fuel filter area at the rear of the car, and some electrical crackling when I turn the key just short of on at the distributor. 

 

I am planning on going through rock auto to grab some new fuel filters, distributor cap and rotor and new plugs just as general I-bought-this-car-and-want-to-make-sure-this-is-done. 

 

So mostly here wondering why the hesitation would have gotten so bad (and how to solve it) as well as wondering if folks have advice for doing the weber swap. 

 

Thanks, I also plan on starting (and continuing) a build thread as soon as I get a moment. 

[Sapper 157]

drain the tank before you replace any fuel filters. 

[tdodge41]

drain the tank before you replace any fuel filters. 

 

Thanks, I will make sure and do that. Although slightly concerned about what to do with the bad fuel when I empty it. I have recycled oil before at auto parts stores, but I know those spots can be iffy about recycling other fluids. 

[Sapper 157]

If you can, find a way to strain it through a screen of some sort, then put a can of HEET or another can of Sefoam, or some MMO into it to try to rejuvenate it. After that, I would use it on any 2-stroke motors you or a friend might have. In my experience, 2-stokes are often less picky about gasoline then 4-stokes. 

[DaveT]

I ran a bunchuge of old gas in my ea82 wagons for a while. The main thing was filter it, and water separator. If it is really bad and old, mix 5050 with new gas.

 

Simple way to separate the water, let it sit in a gas can for a day or 2. Siphon the gas to another can, but do not put the hose to the bottom.