Page 1 of 1

Engine Question

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 1:41 pm
by sorifish
Running a engine to rich for a long period of time , will this damage the
motor or is it harmless and just make it smoke more than normal??

Thinking about buying this motor.

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 2:43 pm
by Sea Fox
Im not sure about the long term affects but it will foul your spark plugs. 8)

Posted: February 12th, 2004, 3:00 pm
by wevans
As best I understand it :roll: running an engine rish, washes down the cylynders, reducing the amount of lubrication on them, it also builds up a considerable amount of carbon around the valves and rings :o Of course. I have been wrong about these things in the past and may be on this :lol: