Re: Volvo 125 AQ idles fine, dies when put in gear, any suggestions?
I have an 85 with the aq125/270 as well, the one in my sig.
When it dies, is it just as you put it into forward? Without hitting the gas at all? Or is it when you put it in forward and then hit the gas that it dies on you, like everybody else with this motor/carb?
If the engine is running and it dies, it is missing something. It only needs air, fuel, and a spark to keep going, so which one is missing?
This particular solex single barrel carb seems to need the accelerator pump rod adjusted to cause the squirt of gas to happen faster than it is for a lot of people, me included. You simply back out or unscrew the nut on the rod that pushed on the accelerator pump on the carb. For me, I had to remove the set screw to adjust it far enough out.