Re: Clicks, clunks, and a boatload of torque

[David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>]

Message text written by Steve Daniels
>The "relay" noise is a
>anti-runon
>solnoid mounted right front near radiator. It is powered up thru an oil
>pressure
>switch on left side of engine and works to create a massive vacuum leak
when
>engine is shut down to prevent runon.<

A more accurate description is that it connects a vacuum source (intake
manifold) to the chamber above the float bowls.  This partial vacuum will
pull the fuel away from the jet starving the engine and preventing Run-On. 
A really quite cleaver technique, I think.

Dave

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