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Slothie wrote:Might be worth checking the vacuum advance diaphragm is working - I've had a couple of car run like a pig because the diaphragm is holed, impossible to get the mixture right, idling all over the place, stalling whenever it felt like it!

Ahh that sounds like my problem will check that

cheers

Hi Yes the plan it to use the LPG for Road use But use petrol off road (i feel safer having it running on petrol) i want it running nice on both if possible Might be a tad difficult, as it's a bit of a trade-off settings wise. Basically, to have it running well on gas, you have it running a tad lum...

Hi Yes the plan it to use the LPG for Road use But use petrol off road (i feel safer having it running on petrol) i want it running nice on both if possible

i have an engine sat in a spares vehicle at the moment so i will strip that one down and rebuild it then replace the one in the vehicle and then rebuild the first one si i got a spare if it does play up

I Have not put any LPG in for over 2 months as i want it running right on petrol which should then sort out the LPG problems (but i know what they are) Just a note it was about 8 years ago the engine was rebuilt, I will definatly putting a new Distributor on, new valves, Pistons, Rings, shells and n...

Hi cheers I replaced Rotor arm, Leads, Plugs and Dizzy all with the Proper ones (i never Use patern parts on my own vehicles) the Carbs are SU's and the Milege of the engine is 190,000 Miles but the Engine was rebuilt by one of the previous owners at around 100,000 miles Due to Reciepts in the servi...

Hi all I am in Need of a bit of HELP I have a Land Rover Discovery with a 3.5 V8 on carbs and it keeps running Rough, Lumpy, Irratic Idle, Very High Hydrocarbons (10,000 HC )(when i get them down they get to about 3000 HC and then she wont run), Wont start up without Choke (wether hot or cold), timi...