<VV> Broken Starter Nose

[Ron]

Just open the engine lid when you shut down after a hot run so the heat can 
escape more easily.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel McGregor" <joel at joelsplace.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Broken Starter Nose


> I'm sure we will get different opinions but my experience in Texas heat 
> with Corvairs is that when you run them on a hot day and get them really 
> warm, the gas boils out of the carbs and floods the engine when you shut 
> it off.  If it sits overnight the gas evaporates and all is good except 
> the carbs have to fill back up for it to start.  If you try to restart it 
> at the wrong time it's flooded, the carbs are empty and the chokes have 
> closed.  Cranking with the throttle wide open is the only way to get it to 
> start and that's assuming your linkage on the chokes is adjusted properly 
> so when the throttle is wide open it kicks the chokes open.  I've thought 
> about mounting an electric fan on the deck lid on my earlies with a timer 
> that runs the fan for a while after the engine is off to cool things down.
> Granted all this is going on with cars that have a lot of miles and heads 
> that haven't been de-flashed.
> Joel McGregor
>
> ________________________________________
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org [virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] 
> On Behalf Of Byron Comp [byron.comp at yahoo.com]
> Subject: Re: <VV> Broken Starter Nose
>
> Man, I sure hope that's not the case with mine. I'd rather take the blame 
> than to think that the new clutch and flywheel, both heavy duty from 
> Clark's, are suspect.
>
> With an ambient temp of 97-98 here in Northeast PA yesterday, I took the 
> Monza for a 100+ mile cruise. When we stopped for lunch, it wouldn't 
> restart again. Don't know if it was vapor locked or flooded. I tried 
> everything I knew, but the only thing I succeeded in doing was in running 
> the battery down. Finally called for road service through my Hagerty 
> insurance and a fellow "Chevy lover" came out and provided enough extra 
> juice from a jump that I could get it running. It did act like it was 
> flooded (black smoke) when it finally started.
>
> Never a dull moment. It was way too hot to be out running around anyway, 
> even with the top down.
>
> Byron Comp
> '64 Monza Vert
> Williamsport, PA
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