Stalling issue. Please help!!
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 11:00 am
Hi all.
I am from a gliding club that runs a winch to launch gliders into the air. This is essentially about a km of lightweight synthetic line with a glider on the end which is reeled in at high speed in order to launch it into the air. We operate a LPG powered chevrolet v8.
This engine is started, ran at idle until warm and then put under quite a lot of load for a short period of time (maybe two minutes) and then ran at idle again, being turned off and started again throughout the day.
It used to be running fine but has now developed an issue. When used under load after maybe the tenth time of being used in the day, it will stall almost every time when going back to idle and will struggle to start again unless left for a long period of time.
We serviced the engine in December to try and rectify the issue. Carbs were cleaned, spark plugs done etc. This doesn't seem to have fixed it. Is there any ideas as I'm at a loss.
Thanks, George
I am from a gliding club that runs a winch to launch gliders into the air. This is essentially about a km of lightweight synthetic line with a glider on the end which is reeled in at high speed in order to launch it into the air. We operate a LPG powered chevrolet v8.
This engine is started, ran at idle until warm and then put under quite a lot of load for a short period of time (maybe two minutes) and then ran at idle again, being turned off and started again throughout the day.
It used to be running fine but has now developed an issue. When used under load after maybe the tenth time of being used in the day, it will stall almost every time when going back to idle and will struggle to start again unless left for a long period of time.
We serviced the engine in December to try and rectify the issue. Carbs were cleaned, spark plugs done etc. This doesn't seem to have fixed it. Is there any ideas as I'm at a loss.
Thanks, George