Evaporation ?

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sgray
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Evaporation ?

Post by sgray »

I had a problem this afternoon and wondered if it could be down to fuel evaporation?

I left Trev parked outside B&Q for about half an hour in the very hot sunshine today. When I got back, he started fine, but after pulling away he seemed to hit a wall at about 25mph - he wasn't missing, there just wasn't any power there. I gave him a bit of choke and he was a bit better. Once I got a bit of speed up on the dual carriageway he seemed to perk up and 5 mins later seemed fine.

Too hot for him do you think?

Simon
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Re: Evaporation ?

Post by bmcecosse »

Perhaps - but was the fuel pump chattering away furiously ??
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Re: Evaporation ?

Post by sgray »

No, good point - it wasn't..
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