Absolutely correct (that's what happened with the
Lotus - the cold start fuel injector stuck on and
flooded everything).
> Too lean makes the >>engine<< run hotter, but too
> rich makes the
> catalytic converter run hotter. A CatCon works by
> "burning"
> (technically, oxidizing) unburned hydrocarbons in
> the exhaust stream, by
> passing them through a hot catalytic matrix. The
> richer the fuel, the
> more unburned hydrocarbons, the more burning goes on
> in the catylist,
> the hotter the CatCon gets.
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Ron Soave
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