Re: [T3] Timing Type 3 w/ 009 and twin carbs!

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

That sounds a bit rich... Youll use up that couple shots from the
accelerator pump in 10 seconds or so and without additional enrichment it
should die if the engine is cold... even in the summer at 70F or so.

As a comparison... (and many of us can try this)  take and ground your head
temp sensor if your running FI, Youll find that it takes several trys and
some considerable feathering of the gas to keep it running for the first
minute or two if the engine is cold.  This demonstrates just how much they
enrichen the mixture to get a cold engine to stay running and how much
leaner it runs when that is not needed.

If I disable the Solex's chokes on my Notch, Forget about moving or driving
it anywhere for the first 3 or more minutes... then its smooths out and runs
fine, after several restarts of course.

Sounds like your not diluting the oil too badly... but Ill bet the cylinder
walls are getting washed down more than they should.

Keith

>
>  Well, it starts fairly easy (2 pumps of the accelerator in the morning
> sometimes) and stays running unless its below 15* out (already did that
over the
> last winter), then it needs a little play of the throttle to keep it
running. It
> starts with a touch of the key when warm, hardly even working the
starter.It
> runs very well, worth trading it at the time for a Super Beetle that I
had.
>   I've kept an eye on the oil, because I didn't build/rebuild this motor,
and
> I want to make sure everything is good to go if I wanted to take it
anywhere,
> and I haven't seen the oil diluting yet. I've had the Webers on my Notch
for
> over 3 years, and still haven't seen that, nor my wife's Fastback (Solex
> equipped) that we've had since 1989. In fact both the Webers and the
Solexs give
> about the same mileage on my cars with me driving.
>
> Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof
>        69 Square AT-the baby suburban
>
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