<VV> Dieseling

[Rick Norris]

Carbon deposits in the combustion chamber will cause detonation.
Rick

> hmmm, regular gas burns faster and would certainly cause pinging,
> detonation, and yes that would heat up the engine so it could diesel.
> So if you are sure that is it add some 92 octane to it and see if it
> goes away. Mark Durham
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
> From: Bryan Blackwell
> Sent: 4/23/2012 7:24
> To: Mark Durham
> Cc: Brian; VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Dieseling
> 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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