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Old 8th July 2010, 08:00 PM
flyerncle flyerncle is offline
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Older engines ran on thicker oil so it may pay to change it ,they were prone to breaking valves springs but this would give a miss and its worth checking the cam lobes for wear.
If I remember rightly it ran ok before its last rights so possibly its oil related.

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