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29 Tudor · 03-10-2014, 08:31 PM

I have tried mixing diesel in the gasoline (10%) and it didn't seem to help when I was having the problems. I found that if I stopped the car (in the summer heat of Florida) and opened the hood, I could HEAR the gasoline boiling in the carb. If I restarted then, the engine ran TERRIBLY for quite a while. I also found it would act like it was running out of gas when pulling a mild hill.

Since installing the spacer, I have not had any hot weather to try it out in but it was fine in the 70 degree temps we had today. I am now using Shell premium which I have been told is the lowest in alcohol we can get around here as well as MMO. We'll see what happens this summer but I can tell the Zenith is considerably cooler with the spacer. I have the hood off right now for some other work which I'm sure helps as well.

03-10-2014, 08:31 PM	#10
29 Tudor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Magnolia, TX Posts: 161	Re: Searching for a phenolic carb spacer I have tried mixing diesel in the gasoline (10%) and it didn't seem to help when I was having the problems. I found that if I stopped the car (in the summer heat of Florida) and opened the hood, I could HEAR the gasoline boiling in the carb. If I restarted then, the engine ran TERRIBLY for quite a while. I also found it would act like it was running out of gas when pulling a mild hill. Since installing the spacer, I have not had any hot weather to try it out in but it was fine in the 70 degree temps we had today. I am now using Shell premium which I have been told is the lowest in alcohol we can get around here as well as MMO. We'll see what happens this summer but I can tell the Zenith is considerably cooler with the spacer. I have the hood off right now for some other work which I'm sure helps as well.