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(If someone wants to write up a good
article about carbs, I’ll post it permanently on my website and also
forward it for inclusion on the EOC website. This has been discussed lots of
times but we don’t have a permanent reference. It’d be nice to
have one.)
As I learned in 2-stroke engine seminar
(and this applies to 4-stroke engines too, I bet), as the mixture becomes progressively
too rich, the engine runs worse and worse, eventually stopping if it’s
way too rich.
As a 2-stroke engine becomes progressively
more lean, it runs better and better till it melts. Four-stroke engines behave
differently on the lean side but they eventually reach peak egt and start
running rough on the lean side of peak and quit or break from detonation.
Still, is it not true, guys and gals, that
a 4-stroke engine will run poorly if the mixture is way too rich?
I would not ignore the carb just because
it hasn’t been touched recently.
But remember, I’m not a mechanic of
any kind. Let’s get comments from the experts.
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