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strange carbie spring?

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strange carbie spring?

Post by qld zook »

Had a good look at my carb today and oddly there was a spring someone had put on there to hold the butterfli thing open all the time instead of just when you accelarate hard. Anyone heard of this?. took it off and it seems to still run fine so i dont know why its there
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Post by RB zook »

that may be to keep the auto choke open all the time
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Post by qld zook »

I know nothing about engines (im learning) so why would someone want to keep the auto choke on?
I drove around a bit today and the vit ran much the same but used more gas so i might put the spring back on back on. any ideas.
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Post by Spike_Sierra »

probably because the auto choke wasnt working properly and staying on all the time, so he tied it open.
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Post by lay80n »

qld zook wrote:I know nothing about engines (im learning) so why would someone want to keep the auto choke on?
I drove around a bit today and the vit ran much the same but used more gas so i might put the spring back on back on. any ideas.
Holding a choke open means the choke is off.

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Post by qld zook »

Put he spring back on and had a run around today and its more ecomonical but doesnt idle as smooth and the throttle need to be held down a little untill it warms up (comes from having no choke i guess), so i might just run around with it on untill i get the carbie rebult or a new better (weber?) depending on what is best Money/preformance wise.
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Post by oozuk »

qld zook wrote:I know nothing about engines (im learning) so why would someone want to keep the auto choke on?
I drove around a bit today and the vit ran much the same but used more gas so i might put the spring back on back on. any ideas.
Alot of the time people don't know how they work proplery so they just jam it up so it doesn't work at all, when there working they work great.
If your on the Gold Coast area i can take a look for u
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Post by qld zook »

unfortunatly not oozuk as i live on fraser island (literally) but thanks for the offer. i will be taking it to a good place in town when i find one though as it may be a very simple fix.
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