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Mornin all!

So finally got the Tina running properly but if I put my foot down it stutters an wheeze as if not enough fuel, if I gently accelerate there's no issues

 

Tanks been drained an cleaned, full of clean fresh fuel, new fuel pump an recently fitted a new filter.

So is that a mixture issue or carb blockage or somat?

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A carb clean is first on the list, check accelerater pump is working, air leaks, if you have air leak normally idle suffers, vacumn advance working on distrib. You can check diaphragm on dist by sucking on pipe if you find resistance the diaphragm is ok. Assuming all ign side is up to speed.

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They can be checked without taking carb off just open the throttle and should get a nice squirt ! At least you've found a fault. All systems GO

Yea although with the amount of crud that was in the tank last week or so ago I knew it'd be worth taking it apart!

Amazing how it can travel through the system......when u have no filter haha

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Just stuck in new electric ignition an coil but Hasn't made any difference

By the way I was putting new elec ignition on anyway as I seen benefits on my old truck

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Yea although with the amount of crud that was in the tank last week or so ago I knew it'd be worth taking it apart!

Amazing how it can travel through the system......when u have no filter haha

The amount of 'crud' that was in your tank can see this being a re acurring problem, think I'd be putting a nice large remote paper filter in line.
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Yea I got a small clear paper one for now whilst I "Ironed out" the problems but I've seen on eBay glass washable inline filters from accuspark which I thought maybe useful

Or am I best just buying a load of cheap plastic clear paper ones an replacing often??

The ones on eBay were only a couple of quid!

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Cheap and ebay speaks volumes - it may filter rocks and dogs but unlikely to filter what you need it to! To work effectively a filter has to be small enough that over time it blocks and cleaning will reduce that effect - that's why majority of filters are throw away items!

K&N air filters are different - you clean off the dirt with the oil that traps the dirt, the cloth and gauze just holds the oil! Buy the plastic ones - they aren't that dear!

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Cheap and ebay speaks volumes - it may filter rocks and dogs but unlikely to filter what you need it to!

! Buy the plastic ones - they aren't that dear!

This is the ones I was looking at, I heard concerns over plastic ones and as it's in the engine bay I was slightly more concerned?

Both cost the same so not bothered about the price but wandered which other people would consider the better purchase??

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You could always whip to the scrappy and get a remote one off a diesel car, not as pretty but diesel pumps don't like crap going through them so they'd be quite effective

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I got no worries about spending money on something if it's the right product, but was concerned as when selling my corsair a guy went mental at me about how dangerous plastic fuel filters where.

I never gave it a second thought as used them for years but he said there's been a spat of them cracking an leaking so I got a bit cautious now I'm keeping this car i want to be safe hahah

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I get a black residue in my float chambers, it has been mentioned it could be the additives in unleaded fuel eating the braided hose I use

it seems to be the concensous world wide that the ethanol in fuel eats away at brass, aluminium and all rubber parts in the fuel system, 

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