"eructation"?????
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From "Peter C." <nosimport at mailbag.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: Blue skies
> So tell me, then, as long as everyone is so busy, why is it in the mornings
> en route to work that almost immediately as my temp gauge needle moves off
> of nothing there is a momentary eructation from the tailpipe of blue smoke.
> This despite pushing the choke in early, or leaving it out too long.
> Regardless of the ambient air temp, and almost always at the same point
> into my drive, 2-3 minutes, this occurs. It acts, and feels, almost like a
> "gulp" that happens when the thermostat opens. Short of driving to work in
> a different direction to solve this, any thoughts on the reason? There
> doesn't seem to be any harm to the Sprite, just an overwhelming sense of
> environmental guilt on my part. Maybe I should run bean oil to assuage my
> conscience and soothe my olfactory (and prepare myself for the forth-coming
> sauerkraut factory emissions 2 miles farther that add a certain je ne sais
> quoi to my morning coffee)
> Thanks for listening.
> Peter C 67 GFT SPRT
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