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Originally Posted by Two340'sman
Well did a 10 mile round trip today, still got an intermittently poor idle.
The fuel was down to about 2 gallons, so put the 2 litres of methylated spirts in.
Drove around a bit, don't think I noticed any improvement.
Took air filter off, found the slotted head screws under it that I assume hold ithe carb on. They were not loose, but tweaked them slightly. ran engine, no difference.
Removed the idle valve with idle jet, put in another idle valve that may have been doctored and does not have the idle jet and the car idled better!
Cleaned the idle jet and refitted the original idle valve, idle perhaps slightly better, but not right.
Given up for the moment. MOT at the beginning of July.
Got a bigger problem now, just received a party wall notice from neighbours surveyor. The are doing massive building work next door (it's a semi) including removing the chimney breasts, extensions everywhere. I've having my own surveyor, not using theirs.
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That's sounding suspiciously like blocked jets, see how it goes over the next few days which should give the meths time to work as well. Usually works fairly quick on injection engines but they have a fuel return so it gets mixed into the fuel more quickly.