Good Evening...I suggest that you trace the linkage from your gas pedal to the carburetor and see if it has become disconnected...or a return spring has come loose. This does not sound to me like a lube issue. Most likely not a serious issue...just one that needs to be traced and reconnected...Ernie in Arizona

Good morning. We drive a 23rd series. We find OO cables with a second ground cable necessary, then a strong battery…and clean connections all the way to clean points make a Hugh difference. Recently Miss Prudence turned over slower than usual. A new battery with 800 cold cranking amps and she fired right up. Fast cranking to pull fuel, careful use of the choke…You machine sounds to me like weak battery as she does fine when primed and warm. Ernie in Arizona

We will have to call you ‘Mail Junior’ Ernie in Arizona.

Good afternoon...The enterior of the cooling system inside the engine can also be quite filthy. On our 49-288, we finally removed the freeze plugs and put the head of a power washwer into the interior and my goodness what stuff came out of the lower hose! Engine was much happier...Also the same sort of pressure needs to be applied to the interior of the head...Ernie in Arizona

Let’s see if David Packard checks in on this subject. Ernie in Arizona…Not far from David.

Oops…She runs on Chevron 87 which is Top Tier Dinosaur Juice. She seems to love it, Ernie in Arizona

Good Evening…I have been driving our 23rd Series 288 weekly for eleven years. Miss Prudence has an annual oil change with Mobil 1 - 10-30. She receives Marvel Mystery Oil according to the instructions on the bottle. Never a problem of anything sticking or running rough if the points are clean. Ernie in Arizona

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Good Morning...I seems to me who drives a 49 288 with overdrive...a good bit...that the engine really likes the standard and overdrive set up...Ernie in Arizona

Good Afternoon...Just my opinion...I tend to think about the same as Wat! That's been my experience, at least. Ernie in Arizona.

Good Morning...The really old school approach is to open the distributor and remove the rotor and put it in your pocket. In the Army, in Heidelberg, in 1969, a friend of mind was picked up by the Military Police and when they found the rotor for a military Jeep, in his pocket, they thought he was a thief...until he took them to the Jeep assigned to him! Ernie in Arizona