The Triumph 2000 / 2500 / 2·5 Register Forum

Hi,

Just to add - I took a leap of faith and sold my ultra reliable golf mk 2 just over 14 months ago. I have been using my 2500 TC daily and it has racked up around 25000 miles in that time - usually commuting to the Isle of Wight from W'ton (not on a daily basis I might add). I've had a few ...

Brian,

To be honest, because my annual mileage is approx 18,000, I tend to use the cheapest I can get my hands on . If retarding the ignition still further doesnt solve this then I may have to resort to digging a bit deeper in the wallet!

Regards

James

Alan,

Thanks for the reply! I'll try retarding the ignition. Last weekend I removed the distributor just to make sure everything was working as it should. The springs weren't broken and the weights were free to move. It all seemed OK to me. And yes - vacuum pipe was disconnected.

Regards

James

Hi,

Just to let you know the car is idling more smoothly (and consistently) now that the engine is breathing to an oil catch tank. Unfortunately the fumes from this are rather unpleasanst - especially after a long run then being stuck at the M6/M5 junction as I was last night. 'Running on' has ...

Hi,

I already have cooler plugs fitted... Today I have connected the breather to the rocker cover - the carb pipes are now connected to the anti-run on valve so I'll monitor how the car performes and update you. Not sure whether the fumes coming from the breather filter are going to intrude but we ...

Hi,

I'll give the catch tank a try - this can only improve the idle. When the head was skimmed there was a bad edge (sharp enough to cut a finger) which I cleaned up with a stone in the dremel however I can't remember whether I just took the rough edge off (probably the case) or smothed/radiused ...

Hi,

Thanks for the positive response!

The car is running twin hs6 carbs with a Witor cam (dynoed at 139 bhp). The head has been skimmed hence the higher pressures. I use the car for business and spend quite alot of time on motorways (though I do stick to the speed limit as I only get 24p per mile ...

Hi,
I was going to post this under the 2500 running on thread but didn't want to go off track. In an effort to solve my erratic idling and running on issues I have recently noticed slight fuming from the rocker cover. (My TR6 produces barely detectable crankcase fumes). Yesterday I took some ...

Hi,

I recently had to overhaul my leaky PAS steering pump and found this site most useful. Follow the instructions and it's a piece of cake!

http://www.triumphstag.net/start/techni ... eering.htm

Regards

James

Hi.

With or without the alternator disconnected, regardless of the fan or lights being on, directly powering the coil made no difference to how the engine performed (I haven't tried this with the feed to the lumenition). The kenlowe thermostat is wired directly (via a fuse of course!) to the +ve ...