316 Carb.. Help!!

The classic way to use a Weber on a cold engine is to give it a couple of pumps on the accelerator and start it with no choke.

 

Ofcourse, you may have an air leak causing a lean mixture.

Those Weber replacements are rubbish. They're
made by Webcon for about 56 pence in China and
never worked very well. In cold weather, one trick
was to reroute the air intake using a length of flexy
tubing so that it picks up hot air off the exhaust
manifold all the time - this prevents carb icing.
If you can find one, a Solex in good cond. from an old
2002 (or an E21 320/316) with the manifold goes
straight on. On a 316 I had years ago, I replaced the
Webcon this with a Weber 32/36 from a 2 litre
Cortina, plumbed in the auto choke and it worked
like a charm.

Here's where I betray my age!

The Weber 32/36DCD was standard fit in the 1963 Ford Cortina 1500GT. The advantage of this carb was that just about every jet and choke was replaceable so that within reason, it could be set up for just about any engine between 1300 and 2000cc.

Because of this versatility, and the fact that it was a good basic design, it was popular for more than a decade. However, I have to say tht anything in a scrapyard would be well knackered by now. Large capacity Fords used Weber carbs of various types for a long time, including the higher powered 2ltr Pintos and the Essex V6. Some of these have proved to be a reasonable fit for other motors, too.

Edit: I do talk rubbish, sometimes! I was thinking of the 28/36DCD. The 32/36DGAS and its relatives are the ones off the Pintos and V6 engines.

Edited by neileg

Ooooh no it isn't. The 1500GT Cortina used the
28/36DCD !!. The 32/36 was used on
1600GT and 2 litre Pintos. Honest.
All the Weber replacement carbs are made by
Webcon which is a Weber subsidiary but they are
badged as Weber. Nastiness all round.