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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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 Re: no power Umm, thought I remembered something about the different formulations of fuel used in the USA in Winter, which might be relevant... " Another major property in [reformulated winter gasoline] is the use of oxygen-bearing ether compounds like MTBE, ETBE (ethyl tertiary butyl ether) and ethanol."  Full article here; http://zhome.com/ZCMnL/PICS/winterGas/winterGas.htmlken. ben wrote: ethanol i tells thee  ,get some esso or bp super unleaded in tightwads its only a few pee more 
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| December 6th, 2011, 8:46 pm |
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ben
Firing on two.
Joined: November 28th, 2009, 9:48 pm
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Re: no power 'And as for fuel economy and price? When did that ever get in the way of having a good time behind the wheel? It s just too bad we have to deal with all that snow and ice".' The americans might well say that 
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| December 6th, 2011, 9:38 pm |
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ben
Firing on two.
Joined: November 28th, 2009, 9:48 pm
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Re: no power rebel2cv wrote: Mine has done the same, always been fuel related. trouble is, it's been a right pain and I've had to change a head, gone back to a standard carb, I've gone from 123 to points, changed plugs blah blah blah just because I've had no end of problems this last week. The muff will deffinatly help, maybe a couple caps of redex just to clear it out a bit? I wouldn't use redex can damage carbs ..or was that cats i cant remember in which case wouldn't count  either way apparently it's useless  What fuel you using, tesco??
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| December 6th, 2011, 9:42 pm |
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J-dub
Aircooled Idiot
Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am
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Re: no power Maybe letting the engine run a few minutes before driving may help. When it was snowy last year (ok you don't go super fast in the snow) but I ran the engine for a few mins to let it warm up a bit
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1988 2cv 652cc
1993 Toyota Hilux Surf 3000cc runs on Bio Diesel
2004 Toyota Landcruiser Amazon 4200cc runs on Bio Diesel
1998 Daihatsu Hijet 1300cc
2005 Susuki Bandit 650cc
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| December 7th, 2011, 10:28 am |
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Sean
Firing on two.
Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Location: Ecosse
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Re: no power Its more complicated than that
Its to do with the amount the fuel cools the air inside the carb( and the formula of the petrol may have something to do with it), the speed of the air and the amount of water vapour in the charge
usually occurs at a low engine speed on damp foggy days.
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J-dub
Aircooled Idiot
Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am
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Re: no power rev the hell out of it then?! 
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1988 2cv 652cc
1993 Toyota Hilux Surf 3000cc runs on Bio Diesel
2004 Toyota Landcruiser Amazon 4200cc runs on Bio Diesel
1998 Daihatsu Hijet 1300cc
2005 Susuki Bandit 650cc
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| December 7th, 2011, 7:45 pm |
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rebel2cv
Firing on two.
Joined: July 13th, 2009, 2:39 pm
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Re: no power ben- i believe its cats that dont like it
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richardmorris
Firing on two.
Joined: July 9th, 2009, 10:27 am
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Location: Bagshot Park
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Re: no power ben wrote: rebel2cv wrote: Mine has done the same, always been fuel related. trouble is, it's been a right pain and I've had to change a head, gone back to a standard carb, I've gone from 123 to points, changed plugs blah blah blah just because I've had no end of problems this last week. The muff will deffinatly help, maybe a couple caps of redex just to clear it out a bit? I wouldn't use redex can damage carbs ..or was that cats i cant remember in which case wouldn't count either way apparently it's useless What fuel you using, tesco?? Redex should be fine - it's supposed to clean the "varnish" formed in carbs. among other things. The car is run on either Shell, BP or Esso - it's never set foot in a Tesco car park - it was coming back from Waitrose when it had this little episode . And thank you squeezebox for the suggestion of the bike - I cycle 18miles a day commuting but it's hard to get a case of wine on the pannier rack, hence the 2CV (or C5) 
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