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Re: bugeye HS-2 carb trouble

To: CHRIS KOTTING <ckotting@wideopenwest.com>
Subject: Re: bugeye HS-2 carb trouble
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:58:10 -0800
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net, spridgets-owner@autox.team.net
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If I soak the throttle shaft with carb cleaner where it goes into the carb body
it will drop the idle.
I tried sealing that shaft up with teflon tape.

So you can't have any leak at all at the throttle shaft?



On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:53:51 -0600, CHRIS KOTTING
<ckotting@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> Methinks you have a vacuum leak around the throttle shaft(s).
> 
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:28:49 -0800, Mike Aarset wrote
> > <snip>
> > If I just hit the throttle a tiny bit, it idles down nicely.
> > If I get the motor reved up for a while it won't idle down.





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