White smoke mystery

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Carledo
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Re: White smoke mystery

#16 Post by Carledo »

Mahesh wrote: Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:34 pm Has your windscreen washer bottle emptied out on the manifold ?
Unlikely! On a 1500, they are on opposite sides of the car!

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Re: White smoke mystery

#17 Post by Mahesh »

I hate one off problems like this, they annoy the brain.

Hopefully an answer comes soon.
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#18 Post by Washdog »

Just a thought, are the carb overflow pipes fitted? It wasn't one of the float chambers overfilling and dripping onto the manifold was it?
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Re: White smoke mystery

#19 Post by alangraham »

No the pipes are fitted.
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