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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!prism!ef7@prism.gatech.edu
- From: ef7@prism.gatech.edu (Ed Fair)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Triumph Spitfire idle problem
- Message-ID: <75570@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 15:46:13 GMT
- References: <2483.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU
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- > -> Although it idles ok at first (at about 850-950 rpm), after about
- > -> ten seconds the idle starts to fall, and the engine stalls, unless I
- > -> rev it a bit. After another ten seconds of idling, the same happens.
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- i'd look carefully at the float valve. maybe it's sticking when
- the volume of fuel consumption is low? just an uneducated guess.
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- ed
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