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Re: [Mgs] E10 or ethanol at 10%

To: PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73@virginmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] E10 or ethanol at 10%
From: Simon Matthews <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:22:38 -0700
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Paul,

I had a '74 MGB in Texas. Never had any overheating problems. In fact the
only heat problems I had with that car was that it would not warm up on my
early morning drives to Stansted Airport after we moved back to the UK and
imported it.

Simon

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 7:28 AM 'PaulHunt73' via MG-MGA-MGB <
mg-mga-mgb@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all the responses, it seems to me that whilst several mentioned
> things they had read or links to articles describing problems I can't see
> (but may have missed ...) any indication of actual problems encountered
> except one related to heat, including David Council with 40 years
> experience of using it!  A couple of people mentioned tweaks to timing,
> needles and mixture, but then many of us have been doing that anyway on
> leaded and E5.
>
> As far as heat goes although the UK is hardly a 'hot' country we still get
> a few complaining of problems, which has to be down to the individual
> vehicles as otherwise the MGB etc. would be unusable in desert states.
>
> PaulH.
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Paul,=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
I had a &#39;74 MGB in Texas. Never had any overheating problems. In fact t=
he only heat problems I had with that car was that it would not warm up on =
my early morning drives to Stansted Airport after we moved back to the UK a=
nd imported it.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Simon</d=
iv></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 7:28 AM &#39;PaulHunt73&#39; via MG-MGA-MGB &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:mg-mga-mgb@googlegroups.com";>mg-mga-mgb@googlegroups.com</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
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<div><font size=3D"2">Thanks for all the responses, it seems to me that whi=
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individual vehicles as otherwise the MGB etc. would be unusable in desert=
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<div><font size=3D"2">PaulH.</font></div></div>

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