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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2007 8:22:10 GMT
What is the function of the little plastic part in the vacuum line between the dizzy and the carb? Can anything go wrong with it?  |
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jul 24, 2007 18:12:57 GMT
Which part is this?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2007 8:32:18 GMT
It was on the car when I first got it. I never thought about it till recently. It is like a little flame trap with "carb" at one end and "dist" at the other. Made of bakelite.
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Post by Warwick (Ozcoupe) on Aug 1, 2007 9:50:36 GMT
Sounds like a restricted check-valve used to slow the application of vacuum advance. (Or vice versa - can't remember which). If you blow through it, it should be much easier in one direction than the other. They have a tendency to block up. The only car I've ever had with one fitted is the Series 2 Peugeot 505 GTI and they generally run better if you pull it off and throw it in the bin. I think it was a pollution control measure applicable to that period.
I can't imagine why it would be on P5, but there are wiser heads here to answer that question.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Aug 1, 2007 15:51:03 GMT
Cannot see any reason for this at all either - the vac advance as standard is the best compromise with a electro=mechanical dizzy/ignition and altering would affect fule economy/power/engine durablilty so I would remove it without delay as it probably not working properly anyway
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2007 17:00:18 GMT
I will take it out then. I have to fit a new condenser anyway.
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