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Re: Dieseling

To: Tony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Dieseling
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 18:21:02 -0400
Cc: Martin Gonzales <mxgo@ix.netcom.com>, "INTERNET:triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: BRIT Inc.
References: <199808020840_MC2-54E7-D2FC@compuserve.com>
Tony Rhodes wrote:
> 
> Message text written by INTERNET:triumphs-owner@autox.team.net
> >Any ideas as to the cause of the dieseling?<
> 
> Shouldn't the anti-runon valve stop the run on?  I thought it cut off the
> fuel flow
> somehow.  Hence no fuel, hence no possibility of run-on no matter
> how much the engine "wants" to.

  If the valve is similar to the one on my Midget, it opens
an air tube that leans out the mixture to beyond the
point of running.

  It seems to work alright on my Midget. On cheap gas, the
car will sometimes diesel once but the click of the valve
stops it.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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