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RE: messy startup - need advice

To: "'Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou'" <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>,
Subject: RE: messy startup - need advice
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:09:04 -0500
Duh !

Of course not.

The problem is that it's probably to far advanced and the hot cylinder is
igniting the gas, that's why they call it Dieseling


-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
[mailto:dougnad@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:56 AM
To: Craig Smith; 'SpitfireKP@aol.com'; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: messy startup - need advice


But once you turn the ignition off, there is nothing to be timed!

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 09:11 AM 7/17/00 -0500, Craig Smith wrote:

>I suggest starting to eliminate problems one at a time.
>
>First thing is to check your timing.
>
>The "Dieseling" is usually due to improper timing settings.

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