Iv recently gotten my 3B started for the first time since it got a full rebuild. Being that it was basically brand new I thought to install a digital gauge set that pretty well does everything and some.
I noticed that my EGTs felt pretty high. I was hardly able to accelerate (At full throttle) past 70km/h without the egts reaching well over 600 even into 700 degrees Celsius and that was on flat ground. And my 3B is in the Landrover series 3 which as far as I’m aware is pretty light compared to the 40 and 60 series etc.
It does reach and cruise at around 90km/h gradually without setting the gauge alarm off and I’m aware it’s not a race car but the egt just seems a little to high to soon. I’m thinking the fuel screw may need to be turned down as it may be over fueling as it does puff out a little black smoke when reved
Just wondering if anyone else had any insight to this?
Note: the EGT sensor is right on the manifold
I noticed that my EGTs felt pretty high. I was hardly able to accelerate (At full throttle) past 70km/h without the egts reaching well over 600 even into 700 degrees Celsius and that was on flat ground. And my 3B is in the Landrover series 3 which as far as I’m aware is pretty light compared to the 40 and 60 series etc.
It does reach and cruise at around 90km/h gradually without setting the gauge alarm off and I’m aware it’s not a race car but the egt just seems a little to high to soon. I’m thinking the fuel screw may need to be turned down as it may be over fueling as it does puff out a little black smoke when reved
Just wondering if anyone else had any insight to this?
Note: the EGT sensor is right on the manifold