<VV> A/C car idle question

[tony..]

On 4/21/2022 9:53 AM, Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Given Bill's description of the system I would check carefully the vacuum lines, timing, and vacuum advance.  That's pretty terrible gas mileage for a Corvair, I'd suspect the vacuum advance is either disconnected, non-functional, or the base timing was set with the arm pulled in.


Yeah I'd also be looking at the timing, AND a re-evaluation of the 
mileage estimates.   8-10 mpg would mean the engine would be so rich it 
would be blubbering and blowing black smoke, and a sooty tailpipe.


Has a float setting gone south and a carb is dribbling fuel out of the 
venturi cluster?


tony..



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