VOD & Mixture Adjustments

Unfortunately I don't have much to report. My car hasn't seen much in the way of repairs or troubleshooting over the past couple of months until last weekend. After making a mixture adjustment a couple of months ago, the car would start right up but not run very well. I put in some fresher gas last weekend and tried to fire it up but it was back to the same old shenanigans of the cold start issue, having to push down on the air-plate to prime the injectors.

Once I got it going, it ran rough and was dumping moderate black smoke out the exhaust. I could also hear the mixture plate sucking air when it would idle down and almost die and then fade away with higher revs. After warming it up and seeing no change, I was going to try and adjust the mixture but couldn't get the plug out without removing the mixture unit again. Knowing this, I decided to go ahead and tear everything off the top of the motor and do a VOD (Valley of Death) cleaning and inspection while in there. This area is noted for being one of the weaker spots of the engine in terms of block rot.

After removing the intake, the VOD looks surprisingly good at first glance. I plan on working more on this and cleaning it up this week. More to come soon hopefully.