About 6 months ago it started making this high pitched whining noise, a bit like the fan belt needed replacing but the sound wasn´t coming from that area. But it was really loud, people stared as we drove past. And then some days it would be just fine. Every so often, as I accelerated, the car would lose power, and I´d have to change down a gear and then it would sort of recover, but still a shaky ride. I´ve cleaned / changed plugs often, they´re usually black with carbon, I´ve tinkered with the air fuel mix on the carb, and at one point it was great. But now we´ve just got back from holiday, the car probably hasn´t been used in nearly 2 months, and after getting the thing started everything is working in reverse. if you accelerate above 2000 revs the engine dies, same if you pull the choke out. I thought maybe it was flooded and let the thing rev at 2000 revs for maybe 10 mins but exactly the same, put your foot down and it stalls. Checked for bananas up exhaust pipe, all clear. What could I be looking at? I read somewhere that the whining noise I heard could be the result of a cracked piston, it certainly feels as if it is only running on 2 or 3 of 4 cylinders, yet disconnecting the sparks one by one doesn´t really seem to make much difference. any ideas would be gratefully received. It´s an old car, but it was our first car, and though we don´t use it so much now, its still a valued member of the family :)
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