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Jan 1st, 2022, 13:26 | #211 |
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Now she’s had her new hips, knees, face-lift and Botox , I think it would be a shame to not do the makeup fairly well.
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Jan 5th, 2022, 10:57 | #214 |
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I'm really enjoying the 240. I can already see why they have such a loyal following, they drive so well and everything just feels right. What strikes me is how modern it feels - in a good way as I generally hate modern cars. It's very easy to live with and incredibly competent.
We took a drive up to Crianlarich this week. It was very heavy rain and flooding most of the way but the car was surefooted and I felt completely confident and safe in it. It's still sitting a bit odd, I'm going to check over the back end and see if perhaps the rear springs are exaggerating the look. So I think I've ironed out most of the creases now, but I still have a cold starting problem. My gut feeling is that it's a fuelling issue, as gaming the 5th injector with a couple of false starts before going for an a actual start definitely helps. Fuel flow is strong, could I have an issue with the pressure regulator, or should I be looking at the warm up regulator? Once it warms up a little (30 secs - 1 minute), I can stop and restart the car all day and it will fire up perfectly on a half turn. |
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However i'm not convinced that would give the improvement you want/need. Do you know what the CO level is when warm? Should be 1% +1/-0.5%. Before you check/alter this, i'd suggest setting the ignition timing to 12deg BTDC and treating it to some super unleaded (98RON) which should help improve matters in general. There are a couple of other things you can do to the Control Pressure Regulator after setting the timing and CO correctly but see how it goes after you get those right. Also bear in mind it's not run for a considerable time regularly so it might well be in "shakedown mode" and things will improve naturally.
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Does the noisy pump suggest anything? It does sound like cavitation. |
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https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...fuel+pump,6256 A choice of pumps there, something to think about at least. If you do order from them, when selecting the carriage don't automatically go for the cheapest one as this often means your item will get stuck at Customs, HMRC send a card telling you how much you need to pay then Royal Mail charge £8 on top for collecting it on HMRCs behalf. Better and cheaper to select the higher cost carriage (usually FedEx, DPD or similar) that prepays the Customs charge and delivers to your door. Much quicker too!
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Jan 9th, 2022, 10:33 | #218 |
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Another few hundred miles done.
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Jan 24th, 2022, 12:25 | #220 |
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That's more like Volvo weather!
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