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[Excaliber]

It's low octane for the compression all right. It MIGHT clear up if you drive it awhile and flush out the old gas and go with new. If it persists higher octane fuel will usually stop it. What I do is simply leave it in first gear, ease out the clutch until I feel the car wants to move, turn off the key and finish letting out the clutch with my foot on the brake. Deiseling is really bad for your motor, whatever you do, STOP IT from happening, NOW.

[wtm442]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Dieseling is really bad for your motor, whatever you do, STOP IT from happening, NOW.

Dieseling can damage the motor. Many cars in the old days (~65 to ~85) had a anti-dieseling solenoid. It was an electric device that acted as a throttle stop. When energized, it positioned the throttle at its proper place, but when the key was turned off, the throttle was allowed to close even more to eliminate the run-on. Try higher octane gas and make sure your initial timing is correct. If that does not cure the problem, its time to search thru some junk yards for the solenoid and bracket from a car with your motor.

http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us...rInfoPages.htm

Just anther thought to add to the list.

[dlang14]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

What I do is simply leave it in first gear, ease out the clutch until I feel the car wants to move, turn off the key and finish letting out the clutch with my foot on the brake.

I'd humbly suggest 3rd or 4th gear. Last thing you want is to get it wrong and hit the garage wall in front of you

[wtm442]

Originally Posted by dlang14

I'd humbly suggest 3rd or 4th gear. Last thing you want is to get it wrong and hit the garage wall in front of you

I back the car in the garage and leave the door open any time I start it or turn it off.

[patrickt]

Didn't we have a thread recently about a fella that drove his Cobra through the front of his garage?