[Roadsters] X-Country - Need Mechanic in PHX

[Richard Brown]

Darn,  I just didn't ask the right person where the good gas was!

Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kendelmccarley at cox.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] X-Country - Need Mechanic in PHX


> If you're coming through Tucson, I can point you towards a station with 
> 100 octane.
>
>
> ---- Richard Brown <reblues at reblues.net> wrote:
>
> =============
> This past April I made the trip from ATL to PHX.  I spent two weeks there.
> After the first fill up in PHX, at a Circle K, the car started running as
> you described., miss at speed, low power.   On the trip home it got better
> after the first fill up in TX, but not back to the way it was before AZ.
>
> When I got home and checked the plugs they had a yellowish color to them. 
> I
> replaced them and the car got back to normal.
>
> I thought of a couple of possible causes.  1. The change in humidity in AZ
> throwing off the Solex's mixture causing the plugs to foul.  2. I heard 
> that
> all of AZ gas has a x% of ethanol? or some such thing.  Shell stations 
> here
> in GA have a similar mixture and my car runs like crap on it.   AZ doesn't
> seem to know about 93 octane so I couldn't try that for a cure.  I did run
> regular, 89 octane, most of the trip and the car ran fine, just a little
> power loss.
>
> Maybe a combination of these.  Or something else all together.I don't 
> think
> it was the Circle K gas.  I filled up at other stations there and the
> problem didn't go away.   That's just what I came up with.  Other than the
> fouled plugs I didn't see any long term effects.  Compression and leak 
> down
> test numbers didn't change.
>
> Hope you have a great trip.  If you come thru ATL, stop by and say hey.
>
> Richard Brown
> 1970 2000 with Solexes
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "peter harrison" <granvillecomputing at hotmail.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:56 AM
> Subject: [Roadsters] X-Country - Need Mechanic in PHX
>
>
>> Drove from LAX -> PHX - no problem.
>> Filled up w/Circle K Gas (Premuim) - suddenly in 5th at 4K+ engine starts
>> to
>> misfire - want to have everything checked out before I drive to the
>> hinterlands.
>>
>> Any suggestions
>>
>> Thx
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter
>> 1970 SPL Roadster TOAD SAN (Eliza)
>> ________________________________________
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