Philip Haldeman wrote:
>
> Bad news is, I found that the front dashpot was entirely empty, so I've
> apparently been running around with one full, and one empty dashpot for
> about the last 500 miles. May I hope I haven't burned any valves? It does
> take more than this, doesn't it, to burn valves? The jets themselves were
> set correctly at the tune up last May.
Phil :
IMO, it's very unlikely you have burnt valves just from driving with an
empty dashpot. The dashpot only richens the mixture while (and
immediately after) the throttle is opening. It has little or no effect
while the throttle is being held constant.
Randall
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