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Rolls-Royce Phantom II in the workshop

  • mcpheatauto
  • Jul 14, 2021
  • 1 min read

The Phantom II I look after has come back for a couple of jobs. I'm going to fit a new cork seal into the fuel tap that site under the Autovac and have removed, cleaned and polished the needle in the float chamber. I've also removed & inspected the distributor cap & adjusted the points. I'm trying to find out why it starts to run badly after an hour's drive but, once it's cooled down a bit, runs fine. It also has a tendency to leak fuel from the overflow after a run. Fuel pipes and filter have also been removed and checked for cleanliness.


 
 
 

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Peter Kennette
Peter Kennette
14. juli 2021

Running issues are typical of low vapour pressure fuel. I use plastic loom cover over fuel lines and insulate exhaust on my PIII 3DL100. Did same on 3AX73 and it was a great improvement. You can always hide an in line fuel pump before the Autovac to prevent it vapour locking.

This looks to be a early one with the oil governor system, lots of issues can occur under that cover at the far right of photo!

Lik
Peter Kennette
Peter Kennette
14. juli 2021
Svarer

With PII's there were many changes from 30-35 and the chassis number is always helpful when posting issues. Per above, I am assuming premium, ethanol free fuel as otherwise you will definitely have issues.

Lik
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