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At 09:04 AM 5/6/01 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > >Coupers > I must admit I am baffled when I read the many comments about > such things >as "the age old carb ice bug". I owned my 415D, 85 hp coupe for a little >over 1 1/2 years before having my heart attack and selling it. During that >time I put over 150 hours on it but never experienced any carb icing. We >have humidities in the 90's during the winter and usually between 15 and 20 >percent in the summers, here in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Baby Continentals, from the A65 to the O200, are known for making ice. As attested to by the many C150 pilot who has come to grief as a result. I've only developed ice twice. Both times in cruise, and both times when the air seemed relatively clear. How do I know it was ice, then? Well, you lose RPMs, you turn on the heat, things get worse, then they get better, then you turn the heat off and things pretty much stay better for at least a while. There's a lot more humidity available here on the East Coast, even on clear days. So perhaps we get it more often. Also, there is that 60-78 degree temp band where the drop in the venturi is about right to create ice (it's a question of it being warm enough to retain moisture, cold enough to freeze). We get a lot of that temperature at our cruise atltitudes back here. Since the carb is down there in the free air, engine temp really has nothing to do with whether it ices or not, alas. Greg __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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