MaxRolla88

Anyone have any ideas?

I should be in for this though it is my mrs's birthday that day, am awaiting permission, lol. Hopefully the rolla will be re-registered and running by then. If not, I'll be rolling out in my 06 ford fiesta, lol

Hey all, I'm a bit new here, I've introduced myself on the syd forum, but for the rest, My name's Mon. I have recently acquired an old 88 ae82 4ac carbi rolla off my mate Brady. It used to run fine but in the last few weeks it developed idle and battery charge problems. With the idle it would idle at (I'm guessing as it has no tacho) about 1k with no problems. After a while if I took my foot off the accelerator it would simply just stall [the car is an auto]. As for the battery charge, car would stall and then die, as in not turn over at all as I'm assuming the alternator was not charging battery. Charge light would always be on, except for when in 1st gear at high revs. Was the worst at night due to lights being on. The car died twice on the pacific highway while trying to get it home :) Here's what I've done so far: - Had battery tested, bettery is fine (although it is an NRMA replacement battery. a new one is planned) - removed head unit to see if that was taking some of the charge. Pretty sure it was - replaced alternator with almost new alternator (it had only been cranked once apparently). This fixed my charge problems. Here's what myself and my mate are planning to do: - clean out the carbi - replace oil - juice up the idle - install a new battery that can power my engine and head unit. Am I on the right track or could there be a bigger problem here? Any opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou

Hey all! My name's Mon, I'm 19, from Dural (Hills District). My ride is an 88 AE82 Corolla CS Sedan. It's got a carbi with a new filter and new alternator which my mate and I installed last week. It's currently off the road due to running problems and rego has run out as of today :) Will post about the running problems elsewhere. Hit me up for a chat or a hang out :)

I'm in!! I should be there with my mate ae93rolla. Just finished working on the '88 rolla :wink: