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On 31 Dec 97, Curt Dilday wrote:
> I have 1-1/2 inch rubber hose coming off the breather, then
> going to a T, then on to the air filters. Before starting, I pulled
> the hose off the breather, then stuffed the end of my propane torch
> into it, opened it all the way and started the motor without the
> usual 3 pumps on the gas, though I did open the throttle a bit.
> Betty fired up and reached normal idle in a few seconds, and ran
> smoothly. After a couple of minutes, I shut off the torch and
> reconnected the breather tube and I was in business. Before, she
> was idling rough, and sometimes stalling if the air was
> particularily humid. Not to mention low idle and subsequent low oil
> pressure. BTW, I did tape off the vent holes on the tip of the
> torch. Question: I don't think this is harmful to the engine,
> certainly less traumatic than feathering the gas, but hey I don't
> know everything. Am I doing Bad Things to the motor?
If I understand correctly that you were just bleeding propane in with
the incoming air, then all you have done is up the fuel/air ratio
with a fuel that is already vaporized. I see no harm in this, it's
just rather awkward to do each time you want to start up. This is
probably better on your engine than a choke, but propane is probably
better all around than gasoline since it will never wash the
lubrication from your cylinder walls and it burns cleaner.
Jim
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