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Re: [TR] Dieseling

To: terryrs@comcast.net,triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Dieseling
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:22:42 -0400
At 09:41 AM 4/18/2009, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:
>I've actually run this car for three full seasons without dieseling.B  At
>inspection I asked my (extremely good) mechanic who's owned many of these to
>adjust the carbs.B  Apparently I had been running rich by about two full
>flats.B  My mpg has improved from nearly 22 mpg to a bit over 25 mpg.B  But
>now the engine diesels.B

Try turning it one flat richer...how is the engine temperature?


Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/
Corrosion Acres, Georgia         #354 
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