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bogie:
Find the highest thermostat n stick it in!

NiteMare:
i'm going to suggest you clean your airfilter out, icing is usually caused by the damp contained in the air that's rushing thru the venturi (the venturi having the highest velocity of air so being the coldest point) settling and cooling on the venturi ...

any water in the airfilter (or link pipe) stands a chance of being sucked out (vapourised) so increasing the risk of icing...

i had this happen years ago on an old volvo, it was caused by water sitting in the airbox, as soon as i drained it out the problem went away

if you can build a snorkel that takes air from around the exhaust manifold you may find this will help alleviate the problem, fords had a little flap in the intake system for taking warm air during colder/damper months to help with this

Dave123:
Cheers guys, I didn't think of the rad muff so I'll be doing that along with checking out my air filter. I will definitely be changing out the Weber for a Zenith as soon as I can find one?

Tried paddocks, which only sell Weber's and Ebay didn't have any last time I looked so I'll pop over there again in a sec. Does anyone have a suggestion of second hand or cheap units?

Devon-Rover:
Re: air filter i have a K&N stuck on top of the carb which should make it worse as the air is directly sucked in but still no problems. A bit hit and miss to get a zenith is to buy of ebay. But AFAIK you can still get zeniths new. MY local place brookwells got my new zenith for me a couple of years ago.

carbore:
Id be following NiteMares advice becuase


A) it sounds really clever
b) it wont cost anything

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