Well she's been home for a bit now and other than a little general fiddling I've just been enjoying driving her.
The LPG idea is on the back burner for now, the wife deciding she wants to try driving occasionally now the docs have said she can, I ended up with the little Corsa I had previously back in exchange for the Vectra. So she has a little runaround and I'm short of cash to do anything. As I still have the Riley to finish and the Beemer to do the LPG is the thing to be sacrificed. ( the beemer might end up just being a project and then an ornament for a bit now anyway)
Anyway, a little input wanted.
When I first owned the Merc she ran like a bag of spanners until I cleaned the carb up and got rid of the stale unleaded that had been festering away for a couple of years.
Having put near a thousand miles on her since getting her back she's running pretty good now but always seems a little underpowered unless I tweak the carb to run a little rich. Have to work the auto box much more than on a 1.8E i had a few years ago. I'm going to try a fresh diaphragm in the carb, which is a Pierburg? 175 which I'm hoping may help a little.
In the meantime though, having run near empty I just tried £15 of Super unleaded in the tank and it transforms the running and performance.
So, can anyone confirm the original reccomended fuel rating, I just used to throw 95 unleaded in the 1.8E, but having used the Super unleaded for a few miles I wondered if it just got round a poorly set up / worn carb, or if the fuel better matched that which she was designed to run on?
It really is like driving two different cars, underpowered sloath unless running a little rich on 95, and willing nimble athlete on Super, I never expected so much difference.... if it is the fuel alone it possibly deters the idea of LPG in the future regardless of cash flow.
Thoughts please chaps
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