Urgent Help Required, Please

[308commodore]

Hey guy's my vl has just started playing up badly on my way home from work. i had just finished doing a u-turn and now it's playing up. it will not rev over 1800 rpm. it idles fine and starts ok, but will not get over 1800rpm. a mechanic suggested one of the fuel pumps has crapped itself but he was only guessing. i stuck my head under the tank and can hear the outside pump working but couldn't hear the internal. when it reaches 1800 rpm i can hold it flat and it just dies, back off the gas and she idles beautifully again. as this is my daily driver to get to work i gotta get it fixed asap.
i really appreciate any help to solve my problem before i put a match to the car..cheers ray...

[harry3]

might the V8 have a mechanical pump on the engine?
it has a carby so wouldnt need high pressure petrol to the engine

[vncruzr]

sounds silly but check your throttle cable?

[bradcad]

Possibly coil packing it in?

[308commodore]

thanks for your help guy's. yep throttle cable works fine. with it only being an rb30 i didn't think it would have a pump on the motor. i will check tomorrow about the coil. but i appreciate all your replies so far.
cheers ray...

[Tree cutter]

I would try replacing the fuel filter first before messing around with fuel pumps. A blocked cat converter or exhaust can cause the problems you are having too. Check your air filter also.

[bradcad]

true cat converter.....

[rb26dett]

The plug on the AFM? CAS?

[gungazza]

might the V8 have a mechanical pump on the engine?
it has a carby so wouldnt need high pressure petrol to the engine

its a vl harry

[308commodore]

hey guy's, i just wanted to say thanks for the help i received about my car. problem is now fixed. dam air flow meter. all sweet now.
cheers ray...

[vlv8vic]

its a vl harry

I have a carby V8 VL... i can see how Harry became confused.


Glad to hear the car is happy again!

[bradcad]

good to hear nothing worse than guessing at a problem