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phbh 28 mm -- has oil feed pipe -- do i blank it off
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:21 pm
by boxofbits
ive just built an engine and the carb iam using seems to have brass pipe on the choke side -- is this an oil feed pipe and do i need to blanck it off - or will it not make any diffrance--
let me know -- and how do you blank it off if i need to do it?
Re: phbh 28 mm -- has oil feed pipe -- do i blank it off
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:56 pm
by byron
definitely blank it off
little rubber caps available for this very purpose
I fill the end of the tube with solder, and then silicone this cap on.
Re: phbh 28 mm -- has oil feed pipe -- do i blank it off
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:39 pm
by ove
As byron said i`ve blocked mine off with solder,job done for me.
Re: phbh 28 mm -- has oil feed pipe -- do i blank it off
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:56 pm
by boxofbits
without it blocked would this weaken the mixture as air could get in?
Re: phbh 28 mm -- has oil feed pipe -- do i blank it off
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:28 pm
by byron
boxofbits wrote:without it blocked would this weaken the mixture as air could get in?
yes, probably quite catastrophically...