Engine murmur in 1983 280 TE Estate

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I've recently brought a 1983 280 TE estate. After some work it drives fine but when It's idling at a stand still it has a little engine murmur that shakes the car every few seconds. Should I be worried about this? Has anyone else had this?
It's had new spark plug cables and distributer cap and all the plugs are fine..

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With the early injection systems this was termed "Hunting" sometimes improvements can be made with the alen key in mixture adjust, not wise to do it without a Co2 meter. wait till MOT and ask your friendly garage to adjust.

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Thanks

Thank you, That puts my mind at ease. I've got almost a year until the MOT will it be safe to run like that?
 
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I'll give that a try soon.
Thanks for all of the advice.
 

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