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Re: what's a "gulp valve"?

To: "Douglas Frank" <frank@zk3.dec.com>
Subject: Re: what's a "gulp valve"?
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:45:00 -0000charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "List Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <38C93A11.EE206B96@zk3.dec.com>
Hi Douglas
Also known as an exhaust gas recirculation valve, it is vacuum limiting and
stops the engine oil being devoured by your carbs, as used to happen on
Stromberg equipped cars before they fitted these, and engines don't like not
having oil in them, yes it took the lot once it got going!

Graham.

----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
To: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 6:08 PM
Subject: what's a "gulp valve"?


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