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choking question 120-130

posted by  TomTom on  Mon Jan 3 05:33 CST 2005
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Hello All,

I have an unusual choke scenario, which started after my new carbs were tuned and balanced.

Previously, with the old worn carbs, I would use full choke to start on a coldish day (32-45), and then push it down to half for a few minutes, just for good pulling until warm-up. Pulling out the choke had the expected result, increase of revs, no dying of motor. In fact, if I forgot to push it back there was no bother from the engine, just the high revs to remind me (and a waste of fuel, of course).

Now, after the work on the recon ones, I start with full choke, but if I leave it full, or even half full, for more than 5 seconds, the engine starts to gurgle, revs go down, and it starts to die. So I can't pull off with any choke at all. I'm sure the garage checked the choke when they did the carbs.

Is this running a problem?, I hear you ask. Well, only because I get poor pulling for the first 5 minutes (pull out onto a main road, and you get that loss of power as the clutch comes all the way up, do you call it a 'flat spot'?). Slightly dangerous if you think you're got enough time to pull out before the SUV's up your rear-end, and then you suddenly haven't.
Once the car is warmed up, it's no biggie.

I can't help thinking that this isn't normal. What's the general opinion?

Thanks as ever,

Tom






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