Posts : 815 Join date : 2011-07-11 Age : 39 Location : Chester le street
Subject: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:05
Rather strange item found in the fuel tank today when andy k was fitting a walbro, anyone came across one of these before??? possibly to add lead into the fuel? [img][/img] [img][/img]
Jonny Gav Admin
Posts : 6837 Join date : 2010-03-12 Age : 53 Location : Durham
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:22
They are called broquets, they were used in world war 2 in spitfires to raise the fuel octane in poor quality fuel.
Totally useless, best remove them and bin them.
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Bigclarky
Posts : 815 Join date : 2011-07-11 Age : 39 Location : Chester le street
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:25
So the previous 'pike' owner has possibly thrown that in and ran the car on unleaded, being tight lol
byers
Posts : 3378 Join date : 2011-02-19 Age : 45 Location : Hpool
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:39
Jonny Gav wrote:
They are called brochettes, they were used in world war 2 in spitfires to raise the fuel octane in poor quality fuel.
Totally useless, best remove them and bin them.
Is it fook it's robo cops finger
Trev85
Posts : 1096 Join date : 2011-08-08 Age : 39 Location : Polishing the gravel rash off my roof
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:44
Bigclarky wrote:
So the previous 'pike' owner has possibly thrown that in and ran the car on unleaded, being tight lol
Don't b getting any ideas Dave I no it breaks your hart putting v-power in!!
byers
Posts : 3378 Join date : 2011-02-19 Age : 45 Location : Hpool
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:48
Tel me about it cost me a extra £5 pound with you dead weight in the fooking car ya rarf
Bigclarky
Posts : 815 Join date : 2011-07-11 Age : 39 Location : Chester le street
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 20:50
found them on ebay which is no suprise, someones bought them to run the car on 95 octane fuel, the tight b*%&ards
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 22:20
kgt wrote:
I wondered where I'd left my bum beads.
Keith ... you really should insist ur bum is a one way system !!!
Urghhh the mind boggles lol
kgt Admin
Posts : 4785 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 105 Location : Bishop Aukward
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 22:24
Couldn't resist. It's a phrase I trot out now and again for comic effect. Obviously forgetting that a lot of people on here haven't met me and may think I'm serious
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Thu 9 Feb - 22:49
Ohhh and weren't you lol ?? Silly me
the-muttz-nutz
Posts : 175 Join date : 2011-01-01 Age : 46 Location : County Durham
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Fri 10 Feb - 8:59
Back in the retro days when I had an xr2 this is what was advised to pop in the tank when they phased out the good old Leaded petrol! i took the more expensive option and bought an xr2i instead!
discodaz
Posts : 3926 Join date : 2011-10-13 Age : 48 Location : its better to burn out than to fade away....
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Fri 10 Feb - 9:14
medieval condom!!
kgt Admin
Posts : 4785 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 105 Location : Bishop Aukward
Subject: Re: Strange item found in the fuel tank!!! Fri 10 Feb - 9:45
Wish I'd known about these before paying about £500 to get my old MG-BGT converted to unleaded
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