[Spridgets] Dashpot oil consumption

Michael Rowe mdrowe at optonline.net
Fri Aug 21 07:57:49 MDT 2009


My 1275 dashpots eat oil like maple syrup.  Is this normal, or does it 
indicate a problem?

When the oil gets low I have a noticeable decrease in accelleration and some 
missing. so it is clear that this engine likes to run richer.  Since I think 
the jets are set about right based on the color of the plugs, it makes me 
wonder why people put light oil in the dashpots, which will reduce the 
duration of the richening on accelleration.

Michael Rowe
'74 Midget
'60 Sprite kit
Long Island, NY 


More information about the Spridgets mailing list