Hi John Sooty exhaust tends to indicate Rich burn, or oil burn (suggesting valve seats/rings issue(S)). so back to the original points.
Regards, Adrian On 12 Jul 2012, at 07:05, John Mott wrote: > Hello Chas > > The exhaust pipe outlet is sooty black. > When I wipe inside the outlet with a rag or my finger, it comes away coated > black (But not greasy or oily) > > Here in the antipodes (Western Australia) we only have one oil refinery (BP) > which supplies the majority of the fuel in the state apart from a few small > importers. > The majority of the retail outlets are in the hands of supermarket chains. > Coles have most of the Shell outlets and Woolworths have most of the Caltex > outlets. > Apart from them we have Ampol , BP and a few independents so there is not a > lot of choice to find quality fuel. > > The standard Unleaded is 91 RON (Research Octane Number) > The premium Unleaded is 98 RON which I generally fill up with. > There is also Unleaded 95 RON available at some outlets but they generally > only have one bowser hidden away so as to encourage us to buy the premium > unleaded at premium price ! > > I do not think there is any bio fuel available in Western Australia at this > time although it is marketed in some of the Eastern States. > > Such is life in the developing resource boom state. > > I will check the mounting bolts of the Webber carburetor in case I did not > tighten them sufficiently when I had the carby off a couple of months ago, as > if loose, this could account for a lean mixture. > > Regards > John > > > At 12:34 PM 11/07/2012 -0400, you wrote: >> Hello Again. >> >> Not really keen on the colour of your plugs. >> >> What colour is your exhaust pipe?, a darkish grey colour would be good. >> >> The crossflow runs best when the mixture is on the rich side rather than >> weak. >> >> I trust you use 97 octane fuel, personally I prefer BP or Texaco, sadly no >> Shell in the area. >> >> I suggest you keep away from Tesco 99 octane, great in my Skodas which need >> a minimum of 98 octane but, as it contains more bio fuel than the normal 5% >> attacks older vehicle fuel systems. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chas.. > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
