Thanks, Lawrie! I found where the hose is supposed to connect, but someone,
at some point in time, put a rubber cap on the end of that brass fitting--I
guess this means that the hose has been disconnected for a while.
I'm willing to write off my higher temperatures/faster gas use as an anomoly
for the moment (pending further study), but I would like to know: should I
remove the rubber cap and properly connect the "breather pipe" to the carb?
Does it matter? I hate hoses that go nowhere... ;)
Thanks,
kris
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kristopher nelson (krisn@iname.com/krisn@eskimo.com) www.eskimo.com/~krisn
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe. - L. Carroll
On Nov 10, 1999, British Sportscar Center scribbled:
> Kris.......
>
> If the hose from the "oil separator/flame trap" is disconnected, you are
> running lean as the carb has a vacuum leak. This will make the car run hot
> and you are probably using more gas as you have to drive the car harder to
> compensate for the lean condition.
>
> The hose is supposed to connect to a small, brass fitting on the carburetor.
> It is located on the driver's side of the carb., points up at about a 45
> degree angle, and is near where the accelerator cable cam is located.
>
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
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