C60X running not as well as it should....

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by warren brown

your experience absolutely mirrors mine!! Blasted wasps... I'm onto it!

Yes it's not something I would ever have imagined occurring, but on reflection it's a genuine occupational hazard for us. Most if not all our MVs have at some stage in their history lain idle for long periods, often for decades, and unless the fuel cap is fitted and seals perfectly, the tank will eventually dry out. These critters are ubiquitous and they can probably crawl past the dried out shrunken fuel cap gasket, which is often found cracked or even disintegrated. Once inside the tank they construct a time bomb for us! Without a fuel filter it could potentially wreck the motor, particularly if it lacks an oil filter, as did early production CMPs, and we'd be none the wiser. I wonder how many blitz motors have clapped out prematurely in this way - invariably the original fuel filter has long since been decommissioned by the time we acquire them. Certainly in light of our own experience it's something we need to be onto from the outset as you say Warren.