<VV> Dieseling

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
Mon Apr 23 10:24:52 EDT 2012


Really?  I'd say the #1 reason it diesels is regular gas.

--Bryan

On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Mark Durham wrote:

> Brian, Mike is exactly correct when he says a hot spark plug or there
> may be something else in there that is glow plug hot.
> Your engine is running hot. You need to find the cause, too lean a
> mixture, timing or advance incorrect, oil cooler plugged? Or you simply
> have too hot of a spark plug for your engine. Mark Durham
> 
> Sent from my Windows Phone
> From: Brian
> Sent: 4/23/2012 6:30
> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Dieseling
> My stock 65 140 diesels after I turn off the key.  I'm only running
> the two primaries with the secondaries blocked off to remove as many
> variables as possible.  I've tried timing from 8-14 degrees with no
> change.   The car is idleing between 650 and 700 RPM. The distributor
> and vacuum advance are correct.  The carbs have 51 jets.  I've been
> running regular gas with no pinging.  Any suggests/ideas?  Thanks.



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