I wonder if somebody has fitted a carb from a 1.6 engine ?
Jim On 23/10/2010 10:21, taximark 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
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