Noob, so this may be a dumb one...

[barr993]

Bought a used 2.5 and got running easily in the street and around the house.

After about 5 minutes it shuts off with a single audible click. It will restart almost right away but then does it again after a few minutes. Seems to happen quicker and gets harder to start each time. Starts fine the next time a couple of days later but eventually the same issue occurs.

Overheating? But what is the click?

Don't have a temp gun yet. Some puffs of white smoke now and then but mostly no smoke. Running a body with no windshield cut-out. Haven't checked any settings yet.

Thanks for the help.
Barry

 

[350jeepcj5]

Sounds like over heating, you should have a steady stream of blue smoke, how many turns out are you on your needle settings? I would probably start over, 4turns out on high speed and low speed flush with inner lip. set you idle to 1mm and definitely get a temp gun.

 

[LBSinGTX]

Sounds lean, especially with the lack of smoke. I'd try richening the HSN. As far as the click, I know what your talking about, but I don't know exactly what it is that clicks.

 

[drdoom405]

The click is the clutch shoes smacking back against the flywheel nut, after the sudden loss of power. Doesn't mean anythings wrong with it, but I would check it anyway. Its easy to do. A broken clutch spring can cause the engine to die.