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Poor Running When Cold and New MPG calculation 120-130

This was the last paragraph of my post to your last thread.
"I stick by my advice to take the jets up a few flats and also to increase the tick over revs. This should allow you to get the choke in much quicker and have the engine run better on your way to the highway. Looks like it's going to get increasingly colder there over the next few days, so for your 5.30 starts I'd be tempted to put some cooking foil over your grilles for the run into work."

I don't say that the foil will solve your problems but it'll stop the cold air getting in when on the move. The old Amazons had a nice roller rad blind which you could haul up and down from inside the car. Very useful in these conditions.
There should be a rubber flap mounted on the pipe from the filler cap to the front filter if you have that set up. I think that helps to keep the cold air from the fan from frosting up the front float chamber. Some creative work with foil can work here also.






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