The Fuel System by William R
Blankley
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The fuel system is
prone to water trouble. I think that it is condensation
in the tank. The symptoms are all sorts of obstinate
misfires, stalling, what have you. When the car is
cornered hard the water in the bottom of the float
chamber slops over into the main jet. Goodnight Vienna,
for a moment or two. A cup full of industrial Methylated
Spirits (denatured alcohol?) thrown into the tank will
pick up the moisture in the system as it passes through.
Do not overdo this, you might damage something, do not
drink the meths in despair. Fellow fossils will remember
Cleveland Discol, with Alcohol, very good for this sort
of problem. The family MG used to thrive on it.
Ethyl Alcohol is a
very effective clean liquid fuel. If it where universally
applied one big traffic jam could be one huge hangover.
Perhaps this is the Brazilian experience? They brew from
sugar cane, how poetic to run the motor on White Rum!
William
R Blankley
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