The Nissan Path

Earl Of Locksley

Been a very long time, but my recollection is that those carbs had a really weird fuel-bowl shape. So you may be having a "slosh" issue where the float level is low or the float is sticky and turning left is causing one or both jets to be uncovered. I'd pull whatever spark plug is handies...

Earl Of Locksley

VStar650CL wrote: ↑
Mon May 02, 2022 8:08 pm
Is anything rocking and maybe pinching a fuel line?

Looking in the engine bay, there's nothing obvious around the fuel lines.

Earl Of Locksley

Is it a Z24 or Z24i? If it's the carbureted version, you could have a problem in the fuel bowl too. Yes, it's the Z24 with a carburetor. That's interesting, because I'm sure I read somewhere online a few years ago about a different car that was cutting out when turning in one direction, and that th...

Earl Of Locksley

Is anything rocking and maybe pinching a fuel line? I'm not sure. I replaced the engine mounts, which I think were the original ones, and they did have some minor separation. This didn't help. I'm not sure where to look for pinching, but I'll head outside in a minute and have a look around under th...

Earl Of Locksley

Bizarre problem with my 1989 Z24 WD21 Pathfinder. When driving straight, or when turning right, at any speed on any terrain, the engine runs perfectly fine. Beyond about a half turn of the steering wheel to the left, and the engine behaves like it's starved for fuel. It will either backfire and cut ...

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