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De-coking petrol engine cost

tkharri · 2020-05-21 22:26:36

HELP!!! I’m not really sure where to go and hope someone can help. I have a Peugeot 308 (65 plate) auto transmission. It’s had many, many parts replaced over the past 2-3 yrs. Eventually the whole engine was replaced (all under manufacturers or extended warranty). The problem is the new engine is now starting to fail. The…

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facade Posts: 7,969 Forumite

24 May 2020 at 3:43PM edited 24 May 2020 at 3:44PM

In The Olden Days, you took the aircleaner off your downdraught zenith or solex, grabbed the accelerator linkage to rev it up, and trickled the redex straight down the throat of the carb.

When you could see the street again, you let go, replaced the aircleaner and the engine was good for another 5000 miles or so.

I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

(except air quality and Medical Science )
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