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Old 08-01-2020, 10:26 AM   #18
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But...

When you get it going, beware of the “second run” syndrome.

When a carburetor has hardened deposits from fuel that has broken down during storage the first run can sometimes be pretty good.

This leads the operator to assume he got away with not cleaning the carb.

Days later, on the second run, the gas in the carb loosens these deposits and they find their way to small passages and the motor quits... five miles out!

So the moral to the story is...

Don’t trust it for a while!

(Or just do a complete carb job in the first place)
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