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posted by  matt b on  Mon Aug 2 04:45 CST 2004
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I've had the same problem many, many times in my 1800, and never really found a cure. But things that seemed to help a bit were wrapping some aluminum foil around the floats (and jet tubes...mine are HS6).

What seemed to help the most though was just unlatching the hood when driving to allow a bit more air circulation and hot air to escape. Higher octane fuel seemed to help also..

I was ready to install a small electric fan next to the carbs, but the car quit being problematic.

Good luck with it!
-Matt
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-Matt '70 145s, '65 1800s, '66 122s wagon, others inc. '53 XK120 FHC






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