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Re: Dashpot oil

To: cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Dashpot oil
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:40:47 EST
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <000d01bf8d34$20df8ac0$0901a8c0@charles.internic2.net>
Maybe the car is just asserting it's authority!  Who knows??

Paul 
PAsgeirsson@juno.com

On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:35:59 -0500 "Charles D. Sorkin"
<cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>Paul said:
>
>>About losing oil.
>>
>>Perhaps they are being over filled and they are just going to the 
>correct
>>level during use.  The illustrations I have of the HS2 carbs show the 
>oil
>>level about 1/2" or more down from the top of the oil chamber.
>
>But I don't overfill them (I think).  The service guides recommend 
>topping
>up the dashpots regularly, so the oil must go somewhere on all SU 
>equipped
>engines.  When the level gets too low in mine, I have difficulty with 
>warm
>starts.  Cold starting is no problem at all (since the mixture is rich 
>due
>to the lack of dashpot oil).  Pop some oil in and she'll fire up right 
>away.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated, but the problem (more of an
>inconvenience) has not gotten better or worse.  The oil generally only 
>gets
>too low when I am taking someone out for a ride or stalled in front of 
>my
>neigbors.
>
>Regards,
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget
>'68 Sprite
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
>Bloomfield, NJ
>

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