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- From: jsw@umiacs.umd.edu (Jeff Webber)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Run On
- Message-ID: <59168@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 17:15:17 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.151937.1@sc9.intel.com>
- Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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- In article <1992Jul21.151937.1@sc9.intel.com> rcrandall@sc9.intel.com writes:
- >
- >
- >I've got a 68 camaro with a 327 small block. In the morning, if the
- >choke is not completely off, and I shut the ignition off, the car will
- >run on. I want to know if anybody knows of the best method of getting
- >the motor stopped in a case like this. It has run as long as 30 seconds
- >and usually backfires in the process.
- >
- >Rob
-
- If you have an automatic transmission then just shut off in drive.
- The added resistence of the torque converter will keep the engine
- from running on.
-
- jeff
-
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