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can anyone tell me if these carbs (in the pic) are the heated variety

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in short, yes ;)

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RobB wrote:in short, yes ;)

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i presume the brown looking cylinder thing is the water feed?
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yeah thats right, theres a pipe which routes from the left hand side of the radiator and down underneath the genny cover. Around there, there should be a take off for a pipe which routes upto that brown bottle type thing :)
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RobB wrote:yeah thats right, theres a pipe which routes from the left hand side of the radiator and down underneath the genny cover. Around there, there should be a take off for a pipe which routes upto that brown bottle type thing :)
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ok, so what is the brown bottle type thing for?
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no idea Baz, i assume it could either be a filter or just a way of telling to see if the system is full as it goes the colour of the coolant you put in.
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i always thought its a filter, mine was green tho
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could it be a pump to prime the pipes??
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might be, not sure how that would work tho.
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its only soft plastic aint it? i think i've got one at home i'll have a look over the weekend.
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nope mine was hard plastic, nout you could do with it. My CRM heater dosent have one tho
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scrap what i said it goes round the other way! The big pipe round the genny cover has a smaller one that routes upto the other side of the carbs, then then a pipe comes off from the bottle type thingy which then plugs into the back of the engine underneath one of the inlets. This picture shows it nicely, underneath inlet number 1 with the pin for the thermostat or whatever it is just in front of it :smt001

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the plastic cylinder houses a filter. You should always open this up and take the filter out and give it a good clean when changing the coolant.

The colour of the cylinder will depend upon what colour your coolant is :smt003
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