dominicbeesley
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My mpg has recently gone down from 20mpg to around 8mpg. I've checked the carb for overfuelling and replaced needle valve and gasket and checked all fuel lines. Engine is running at correct mixture (checked with AFR meter).
So last candidate is fuel tank, I'm going to try and get up to the garage when its light enough to have a good clean up round the tank to see if I can spot where/if its leaking. Rolling around in the slush trying to work it out is not fun!
To keep me up and running I've bought some "Granville petro patch" - does anyone know if the stuff works or is it a bit ****e.
In the medium term, when the weather warms up I'm going to take the tank off and give it a good refurb, paint and a dose of POR15 tank liner stuff. Is it possible to get the tank out of a SWB without removing the seat box or is it a body off job?
Cheers
D
So last candidate is fuel tank, I'm going to try and get up to the garage when its light enough to have a good clean up round the tank to see if I can spot where/if its leaking. Rolling around in the slush trying to work it out is not fun!
To keep me up and running I've bought some "Granville petro patch" - does anyone know if the stuff works or is it a bit ****e.
In the medium term, when the weather warms up I'm going to take the tank off and give it a good refurb, paint and a dose of POR15 tank liner stuff. Is it possible to get the tank out of a SWB without removing the seat box or is it a body off job?
Cheers
D