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Old 10-14-2015, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Khobra View Post
This issue has now been resolve and after some more fine tuning I have also eliminated the issue of rich idle by playing with timing. I was running 32 degrees total timing. I increased total to 37 degrees which made a big difference. Now runs much cleaner at idle. Didn't check initial, so don't even know what it is.
All is now good.
OK, you know, "eye burning" in the garage is a sign of too lean a mixture, not too rich. In a lean idle condition you do not get a complete burn and raw gas heads out the exhaust. That's why your eyes burn. Just thought I'd pass that along....
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