First drive this afternoon
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- took it nice and easy to begin with thinking I'd give her a nice run before opening up
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(hasn't been properly driven in a year) and when I was confident the temperature was ok I gave it some beans only to discover that there were pretty much no beans!
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Also it then promptly decided to overheat when I got home and the
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'TRD' rad cap
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(marked 1.3) began steaming
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The coolant was only changed last week.
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So I've stuck the OEM
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(marked 0.9) cap back on and that helped to maintain the temperature in the mid-range
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I've ordered a new thermostat anyway just in case.
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But the lack of power, I don't get.
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It sounds like a straight-piped V8, really burbly and sort of.
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chuggy? But when I put my foot down it wheezed from 20 to 50 in about 10 seconds
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Also it keeps stalling when I let off.
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Drove it home like this, then took it out about an hour later and the exhaust note had changed to Jap car
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- performance was much more what I had expected, then reverted back to dull mode after about 5 minutes.
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I've changed the oil and filter, changed coolant, Magnecor leads, Dizzy cap and rotor arm, Spark plugs, air filter, throroughly cleaned the TB and intake manifold, and it's got plenty of fuel.
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Could it be a clogged fuel filter or knackered pump? Also I've read that it may be the coil pack or ignitor.
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What on earth is going on?
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