Engine stalling at idle

[basalte]

Hi all, you may remember me from my 2.2 restoration where the engine was rebuilt last year. Needless to say the car performs a lot better now and I get glimpses of its true potential although I am still running it in . The retractable radio aerial now works and the rear hatch lock catch "button" now operates to open the hatch instead of a chopstick down the hole, (not a euphemism)  although there is no key or locking mechanism for it-I`ve given up on that one.

However I have noticed that the engine when hot (though in perfectly normal temp range according to the gauge) will stall if in heavy / slow moving traffic for more than 5-10 minutes. It didn`t used to do this ! It seems to immediately restart so far without difficulty (unless you count yesterday when the battery wasnt charged up enough-not the cars fault) . I wondered if its fuel vaporisation but otherwise at a loss because it doesnt seem to depend on the weather. I wondered if there was any easy cure or whether the "new" engine just doesn`t like idling.  Thanks

Dan

[jonwat]

53 minutes ago, basalte said:

instead of a chopstick down the hole, (not a euphemism) 

Made me laugh, thanks 😊