griff66 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 well just got back from 30 mile drive in temp of plus 3 and rain !! had quite an issue with carb iceing had to keep revs low and in higher gear than usual still every 8 or so miles had to pull over and let engine geat defrost carb ! how on earth when in servive did they cope with this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 ferret ,takes air from fighting compartment no summer/winter device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Not just the Ferret, The series 1 Land-Rovers were infamous for icing in the carb..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 A combination of cold and damp weather can cause this, also any water content in the fuel, which could happen through condensation in the tank during the winter. Check this out, not tried it but it has good reports.... www.silkoleneoil.com/techtip7.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Suppose theres a few options fuel additive cheers richard, cowling over air filter and ducting maybe down to gearbox area gets nice and hot there, somehow running airfilter feed into engine bay, or foam filter over carb intake and eliminating air filter unit.Or not driving it in rubbish weather!:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Keep the tank as full as possible stops corrosion in the tank. £££££ thats the only problem at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Carb icing is caused by the drop in temperature, up to 30 deg. C, that happens when the fuel evaporates. Moisture content of the air is the biggest culprit rather than temperature, it can happen at any temperature up to 30 deg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 My GMC and Jeep would ice up in wet cool weather never had a problem with the Dodge on a Carter carb I understand that the cast-iron Zenith can suffer icing though. An Austin K2 I restored for someone else was by far the worst, that would ice up in the summer!, found that you had to let everything come up to operating temp before moving off. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 An Austin K2 I restored for someone else was by far the worst, that would ice up in the summer!, found that you had to let everything come up to operating temp before moving off. Hi Pete, You are right about Austins, I have noticed that with the 3.5 and 4 litre engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gray Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Hi Pete, You are right about Austins, I have noticed that with the 3.5 and 4 litre engines. Ditto the Morris 3.5, ice up and then calms down on reaching op temp. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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