Ahh yes, that visible moisture gremlin, Virg On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:12:09 -0400 "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> writes: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > >
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