[Roadsters] SU air filter to carb gaskets /very rough idle

[Paul Courson]

The missing gaskets would let in dirt, which in turn could foul the works,
but my first question is whether corn in your gas is the problem.

How old is that fuel?

On Jun 28, 2017 6:32 PM, "D Riedel via Datsun-roadsters" <
datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I started my 2000 SU the other day after it's winter break and it ran so
> rough I thought it might bounce off the mounts.  As I peered around the
> carb area hoping to spot something odd (maybe a leaky hose causing a vacuum
> leak?), I noticed that I don't have gaskets between the air filter housing
> and the carbs.  Yikes.  First of all, I really wonder how this has been
> affecting things all along, but second I'm wondering how I might start
> correcting the rough idle.  Since the car has never had these gaskets since
> I've owned it, whatever is currently happening isn't exactly related (that
> is, it ran fairly smoothly last year).
>
> Any thoughts on 1) the missing gaskets, and 2) a process of elimination to
> smooth out the idle.
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
> --
> Dave Riedel
> '69 2000
> Victoria, BC
>
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