Hmm..... Strange how it didn't show up on emmission test - although I've been sceptical of MOT equipment for a long while. 3 previous cars have shown zero CO at MOT! That's an ancient Reliant Kitten, a fiesta 1100, and a Ka (the only catalysed one). Their equipment is only calibrated every 6mths. (every day or more frequently is auto-industry norm). Have you examined the plugs after a long run? Should be a weak milk chocolate deposit, as opposed to black ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Miles To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] mixture adjustment.
It is not as bad but still much too strong, comment was passed by a friend who was in the car behind me about it and that was after I had completed an 80 mile trip. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Susan and Martin Scott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 23 October, 2010 11:21:24 Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] mixture adjustment. Does it go once the engine has warmed up? ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Miles To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] mixture adjustment. Thanks Ian, Under the bonnet smells fine, either when running or not. the petrol smell is definitely from the exhaust. Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ian Harrison <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 23 October, 2010 10:47:01 Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] mixture adjustment. Having gone through the mot ok, the first thing I would take a look at would be all the flexible petrol hoses. They have a nasty habit of degrading over time. Kermit used to stink the garage out all the time until I sussed out that all the flexible hoses under the bonnet were acting more like sponges... Ian Sent from my iPad On 23 Oct 2010, at 10:21, taximark <[email protected]> wrote: > Having nearly killed a friends dog with the rich petrol smelling fumes > from my 2+2 yesterday, I think it is about time I sorted the mixture > out. The car runs pretty well, plenty of power (for a 1.4!!) and nice > smooth delivery across the entire throttle range. Fuel economy is good > (30+ mpg). There is also a really satisfying burble from the exhaust > on deceleration. However the exhaust stinks of unburnt petrol. I have > the 1986 1.4 cvh engine in the car with what I believe to be a > standard carb setup. It certainly has the standard air box and filter > fitted. The manual choke operates correctly so that isn't the issue. > The bit that confuses me is that the car went through its MOT > emissions test without a problem (though there was an england world > cup game on the radio at the time!). The car does a reasonable mixture > of local and distance runs and approximately 3-400 miles a week. > > I am not able to obtain a tuning kit for the car at the moment as > funds don't allow so can anyone give me any guidance on how to adjust > the mixture to some approximation of correct, or at least so I am not > throwing large amounts of Shells finest out of the exhaust without > extracting the maximum bang from it first! (maybe it will save me > enough cash to get it done properly!!). I know that it is a bit of a > stab in the dark without the right kit but I am sure someone on here > will have some useful ideas. > > Cheers Guys > > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups..google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en > > IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. 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