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    black smoke

    Yup, I've done the speed thing, fast cars n bikes, scaring old grannies blah blah and when you reach a certain age you decide theres more fun in holding people up as long as possible so I bought a series 3 and then a caravan, must take my tablets now ......
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    black smoke

    I recon I'll stick some injector cleaner through it an see what happens, thanks for the feedback.
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    black smoke

    Hi all, don't laugh, I was towing a caravan and got stuck behind a bus on an up and downy road. I got a bit fed up after 10 miles so I saw my opportunity and caned my disco, got past the bus and checked the mirror to pull in and saw black smoke billowing out of the exhaust. This was the first...
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    series 3 timing problems.

    hats off to slob, all my probs down to a slightly distorted exhaust manifold but thanks everybody else for your input. Point to remember, if you've got hands like shovels get somebody else to change your points, regards.
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    series 3 timing problems.

    Thanks for all the info ya all, I just took the manifold apart and there was a one piece gasket across all openings whereas on this model apparently it is supposed to have gaskets across inlets only, the exhaust manifold was blowing slightly from 2 points so replaced the gasket and a bit of...
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    series 3 timing problems.

    AAAHHH you are so wise, many thanks Tots
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    series 3 timing problems.

    Hi all, I'm having probs with the timing on my Y reg. series 3 2.25 petrol landy. Any ideas would be most welcome. I've set the points to 0.015 inches, the carb is set at about 1.5 percent mixture and the timing set at 6 deg.atdc. at this setting for the timing the engine runs beautifully but...