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Pinking can occur without the mixture being weak, as evidenced by the 'restored' 2CV I've been sorting out for the best part of this week.
Hardly surprising that it had melted a plug, with over 50* total ignition advance.
Valve clearances of 0.01 to 0.05mm didn't help with the way it ran either.
While fitting a new section of rubber hose to the tank (just one of the tasks which had been ignored during the rebuild), I found that the nylon fuel pipe had been kinked so much that it would have been restricting fuel supply under WOT conditions.
Anyway, as Sean has suggested, I'd agree that insufficient fuel supply under conditions of high demand could explain the intermittent nature of the problem with your van.
Ken
( Fed up with these shiny 'restored' cars, where 99% of the input has been on the bodywork or the interior, with as little time as possible spent on the mechanical aspects.
Although that work often has to be done again, so it might have been better left as it was... )
Nelsthebass wrote:
Hi Sean
Its got 123 and I've done a quite a few miles and not noticed any pinking so would err away from lean mixture but will go through your list - cheers!
Its got 123 and I've done a quite a few miles and not noticed any pinking so would err away from lean mixture but will go through your list - cheers!
