Vacuum advance

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:54 am

Don't see any mention (in this thread) of acceleration?

Well Roy, it's in the first reply:

the acceleration will loose its "sparkle".

Post by **cadetchris** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:12 pm

i can say, that a mouthful of stail petrol isnt nice, i have just done that by trying to find out if my vacuum advance worked (thankfully it did)

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:21 pm

i can say, that a mouthful of stail petrol isnt nice,

Welcome to the club!

It's worse if you get it in your eyes, and I don't recommend breathing in lots of it - although you might not notice it at the time, when you try walking and find yourself wobbling, it becomes more apparent!

Post by **mike.perry** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:23 pm

Blow the petriol out of the pipe before re attaching it to the dizzy and sucking. And take some boiled sweets with you.

Post by **mike.perry** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:23 pm

Blow the petrol out of the pipe before re attaching it to the dizzy and sucking. And take some boiled sweets with you.

Post by **PSL184** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:26 pm

rayofleamington wrote:
Don't see any mention (in this thread) of acceleration?
Well Roy, it's in the first reply:
the acceleration will loose its "sparkle".

The use of the word "acceleration" was in request for information "to the novice" I felt the symptoms would be understood better that way. Sorry to all the pedants out there for not going into a more detailed and long winded description of the potential failure modes

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:31 pm

Sorry to all

no appology needed - it's just that I've come across dozens of people who think the vac advance has something to do with accelleration (i.e. problems at full throttle), rather than economy.
If anyone reading the thread had it the wrong way round, there's no harm in explaining.