<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Shakedown runs are good, I try to get in at least 200 miles before buttoning up the interior <div><br></div><div>RE: Smoke from the breather. Check you water level to be sure it is where you last checked it. Pull the oil filler cap and look underneath, if you see a grayish gunk then you probably have water in your oil....not a good thing. Clean it off and go again to be sure. </div><div><br></div><div>RE: Pinging. Where do you live, hot day driving? Pinging, or pre-ignition, can be either timing is too advanced or you need to step up the octane rating of your petrol. In the summertime I always run premium. This could be causing the engine to run hot and thus some smoke, if not steam, at your breather. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div>Bill</div><div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my DynaTAC 8000X</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jun 9, 2019, at 1:05 PM, David Templeton <<a href="mailto:davidt@opentext.com">davidt@opentext.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">As reported, I have been doing shakedown runs with the ‘3a, getting in the 100km shake out and seeing where everything is. What I have so far<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">5w-30 and cheap oil filter swapped out for VR-1 20-50 and much better filter.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Gearbox oil drained ( unknown vintage ) and Valvoline MTL filled ( very quiet now
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span>) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Looks like my attempt to adjust the fuel gauge is not working completely.
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<p class="MsoNormal">But some things I have noticed during and after a drive<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">After even a short drive, open the hood and vapors, do not know if it is steam or smoke is coming out of the valve breather….What is that?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Cruising along in 4<sup>th</sup> at about 100kph/60mph, give a little more gas I hear, what is badly described as a ‘pinging’ of ‘tinging’. I am thinking the dizzy is advancing too
far? Or not far enough?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Looks like the MTL being a little thinner and as such is “weeping” from places
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