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Hello all,

I'd be grateful of a little advice. My petrol 1.9 t25 holdsworth which had been performing well is starting to struggle a bit. She has developed struggling up hills and trying to cut out in 3rd and 4th gear. The most I hope for is between 20-30 mph when previously it had been 50-60 mph. I've only owned her since April and had her fully serviced and checked over on arrival by a mechanic friend who gave her a clean bill of health (nice clean oil etc), also passed the MOT last week with no advisories.

I'm not very mechanically minded but can read a manual which points towards a blockage in the fuel line or air filter. Before I rip it all out (badly) I'd appreciate any advice anyone can give. Point to note, I let her run out of fuel to see how far I can go on a full tank, so think I may have dragged some detritus from the bottom of the tank. In hindsight not the best idea, so I'm hoping I've not trashed my carburettor.

Many thanks

Hutch

There should be an in-line filter under the van a few inches away from where the fuel line comes out of the tank. If the filter did its job your carb shouldn't have seen any muck & dirt. A replacement costs a quid from any auto factors and takes a few minutes to fit.

Thanks boxy. It's full of junk in the filter so I've been and got the part(£1.48, not bad), and I'll change it in the morning. Hopefully this will do the job.

Many thanks for your time.

The new filter should have a flow direction arrow on it, just check you fit it the right way. Hopefully it'll be a cheap fix

and put a couple off tanks of fuel with redex through it to clean the system

Thanks for all the help. I changed the fuel and air filter today. The fuel filter was totally brown and stuffed with rubbish and the air filter looked like it needed changing also. I then gave her a run up the big hills at the side of loch ness and she is running better than ever.

Thanks again for all the help.

It's worth keeping a spare filter in the glove box just in case running low on fuel drags any more muck out of the tank.

Good idea, duly noted. I'll grab another from unipart before the weekend trip to Dornoch.

Many thanks

Hutch