10-05-2022, 10:31 AM
It is interesting that there is no mention of the lack of an air filter, particularity on cars with updraught carburetors with the intake sited to collect all the dust thrown up by the FNS wheel, I notice with all the present dry weather my wheels don't need washing just dusting. The RAF soon found they had a serious problem in WW2 in North Africa with all the dust thrown up when taxiing aircraft inducted the dust into the low intake of Merlin engines where it made an excellent grinding paste. I had procrastinated over the fitting of an air filter for years before finally biting the bullet ten years ago and am amazed how frequently it requires cleaning in dry weather.
