You have made the classic 2cvist mistake of giving it a cute name and thinking it has a personality.
Its a car, an inanimate piece of machinery that simply needs maintenance.
points and condenser would be my first step
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| Author: | Justint [ July 15th, 2011, 11:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Charlie is sick |
I just drove home and Charlie wont go properly. If you press the loud pedal too much it just backfires and splutters. You can move but slowly and have to build up speed with not too much gas. Whats going on? |
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| Author: | Joe [ July 16th, 2011, 12:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
Have you got a fuel filter fitted? It could be a lot of things, but start by checking you have fuel getting to the carb, and that the jet's are not blocked. (waits for a better answer, which will be along shortly no doubt!) |
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| Author: | knightley [ July 16th, 2011, 12:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
Accelerator pump not functioning? |
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| Author: | Devils Advocate [ July 16th, 2011, 1:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
Condenser knackered? (Or do you have leccy ignition...?) |
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| Author: | Rhythm Thief [ July 16th, 2011, 6:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
Could be something as simple as the pipe from the air cleaner to the top of the carb falling off. The Ami did something very similar a few weeks back and that's all it was. |
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| Author: | Sean [ July 16th, 2011, 8:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
You have made the classic 2cvist mistake of giving it a cute name and thinking it has a personality. Its a car, an inanimate piece of machinery that simply needs maintenance. points and condenser would be my first step
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| Author: | Justint [ July 16th, 2011, 9:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
solved: either someone had done it as a joke or one of the ignition leads had fallen off! |
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| Author: | knightley [ July 16th, 2011, 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
We all missed the simplest solution. Check your connexions. 
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| Author: | Sean [ July 16th, 2011, 10:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
 tempted to type "dont give it a name and open the fecking bonnet once and a while" but wont 
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| Author: | Justint [ July 16th, 2011, 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charlie is sick |
well my thinking is that it already was called a charleston, so i just shortned it to charlie, also i do live under the bonnet, guess it fell off just as i setoff 
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