Some people try to rationialize that they can not get carb ice and don't need heat because they don't fly in cold weather, their carb is located on top of the engine, or whatever. I have an example that might make them think twice.
I had a 1976 Lincoln that got carb ice on two occasions. Both times were driving at night in very humid and slightly foggy conditions. I would guess that the temperature was in the 70s to 80s. I did have the air conditioner on both times. It was strange because I was driving a long time at a constant speed. I noticed that the gas pedal started going further down and I was loosing power until I had it flored and could only do about 40. I pulled over and looked under the hood and found nothing, but it seemed to fix itself. I did this three times then removed the air filter to see if the choke was closing and I noticed that the carb had condensation on it and was very cold. I figured that when I pulled over that the air flow through the carb slowed down and the heat rose from the engine and melted the ice. The next time it happened I stopped fast, jumped out and opened the hood and removed the air cleaner fast and saw the frost just melting off of the carb. The point is that this was a carb on top of a hot engine in condiditons where you would not expect ice and it still happened. Install carb heat. It is not that hard. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of L. D. Mueller Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:25 AM To: KRnet Subject: KR> More carb ice? Here's an article from flycorvair's site on carb ice. More good reading. http://www.flycorvair.com/carbice.html L. D. Mueller _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
