thanks for the reply jeegoogs,
unfortunately, lumala na po yung problem. Namamatay na po ang engine.
bale, same symptoms, it starts with a normal idling, then after a few kilometers of driving, idling starts to go down to 400-500rpm. And pag pinagpatuloy mo pa ng ilang kilometers, namamatay na ang engine. when you start it, aandar ang engine ng mga 2 seconds then idling drops down until engine dies. you can really see how the idle tries to cope up before it dies, parang nahihirapang makaakyat ang fuel. sobrang erratic ang idling nya coz kahit anung adjust ang gawin, minsan sobra-sobra ang rpm, pag inadjust ulit, sobrang baba naman. tapos, hayaan mo lang ng 1 hour, it will start normally again.
when i got stalled, i had it checked by a mechanic sa karatig na station. he said madumi na daw ang carburetor. but as far as i know, kaka-overhaul lang ng carburetor ko. so he then suspected baka merong object sa loob ng gas tank na bumabara kaya bumababa ang idling, namamatay ang engine, and it would start normally again after an hour.
kaya nung uuwi na ko, i didn't take the risk anymore, iniwan ko nalang ang kotse sa shop and nag-taxi nalang ako. kahit umaandar na auto ko, i know maaaberya ulit yun.