weird today,

[Agreeable Slick]

sounds like a bit of carb freeze to me. 

[Haribo!]

carb freeze? whats that? 

[Si]

Nah, its not cold enough for that if your driving slowly?!
I get Carb freeze on the motorway or on a dual carrageway over 60mph. When a Carb freezes, it only splutters or has a really bad flat spot, most of the time the car just feels flat when driving. 

[Agreeable Slick]

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I know that example is for a plane but it essentially works in the exactly the same way. Its been cold enough round here to ice up windows and things.

[Haribo!]

hmm, the o ring thing sounded more like what ive got, i guess ill find out tho

[Si]

Hmm, going off subject a bit (sorry Haribo), but Slick, it says about Manually heating Carb on a plane, its given me an idea...how would i heat my Carb? Heated blanket or sumthing?

[Haribo!]

hair dryer?

[Si]

 
Ive got a 12v Caravan hairdryer... re-route the cable through the bulkhead to ciggy lighter, gaffa tape hairdryer to carb!!! 

[Haribo!]

heads would turn as a car that sounds like a hair dryer blows down the road, anyway i thought the carb liked cold air once the engine was hot?

[Agreeable Slick]

Hmm, going off subject a bit (sorry Haribo), but Slick, it says about Manually heating Carb on a plane, its given me an idea...how would i heat my Carb? Heated blanket or sumthing?

Best bet would be to cake it in a antifreeze spray, and something that will not allow moisture to settle and freeze on it, something like rainex might be an idea, or spraying the carb with a wet start spray so that water cannot penetrate onto the surface and freeze. Best ideas i can think of atm.