[Healeys] slow idle setting

[Al Malin]

You said "idle is high and I get black smoke"

Black smoke means mixture if too rich
Blue smoke means burning oil
White smoke means new pope elected

Sorry,
Al Malin


On Apr 9, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I was trying to adjust and balance my HD8s and I cannot figure out the slow
> idle.   I am at 6500 ft elevation and the idle is at 800 RPM. When I drive at
> lower altitudes the slow idle goes to 1000 to 1200 RPM.  Not a problem as the
> BJ8 runs very well. Yesterday, I tried the "cook book" tuning method. When I
> close the slow idle screws then open them 2 1/2 turns the idle is high and I
> get black smoke. I turned the screws evenly a half turn at a time until the
> RPM went down as low as it would go but the best I could get is 800 RPM. The
> screws are now only 1/2 turn open. Again it runs fine. What is going on? I am
> running the timing a little advanced on purpose. Carbs are balanced and I use
> two Colortunes to set the fuel mixture. I will be doing a lot of lower
> altitude driving this year and was hoping to get this worked out if I can.
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