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Re: backfire on over-run

To: Mark Endicott <endicott@nashville.com>
Subject: Re: backfire on over-run
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:33:36 -0400
Cc: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Organization: BRIT Inc.
References: <l03130300b3d36e86a2e4@[170.140.244.186]> <37ADC54E.D27C2A0@nashville.com>
Reply-to: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
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Mark Endicott wrote:
> I have noticed that pulling the choke out a
> little seems to stop it which would indicate that it due to the engine running
> a little lean

  Not necessarily, remember that pulling the choke also moves
the throttle stop to raise the idle a bit. So you are also
not "overrunning" as much, you are only partially releasing
the throttle if the choke is out.

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Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
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