More burning occurs in the exhaust header raising the engine compartment
temperature making it harder to cool the engine.
Chris Reichle
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From: mgs-owner
To: Trevor Boicey
Cc: mgs
Subject: Timing causing overheating?
Date: Monday, July 21, 1997 6:25PM
Trevor Boicey wrote:
>
> Charlie Baldwin wrote:
> > I had overheating problems in the past and read that retarded timing is
> > one of the causes so I rechecked the timing. Advancing it helped to
> > alleviate the problem.
>
> Is this a "T" thing? ;>
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey
Nope, I don't think so. I changed the subject line of this thread.
Perhaps we can get some scientific explanations as to why retarded
timing would contribute to the engine running hotter.
Charlie
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