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Date:         Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:48:36 +0100
Reply-To:     margie reyes <mreyes@TVI.CC.NM.US>
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From:         margie reyes <mreyes@TVI.CC.NM.US>
Subject:      Re: One more thought about carbs...
Comments: To: Wolfvan88@aol.com
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Checked out the newsgroups, thanks!! All the info really helps. I will check out the books too. Margie : )

Wolfvan88@aol.com wrote:

> Check the fuel pump. If it is the stock unit it is putting out 40 to 60 PSI. If the PO used a pressure regulator to drop it down to 3 to 5 psi (this is the pressure for carbs)it might have gone bad causing the fuel pressure to be too high, causing the floats to be too high and causing poor idle and low power running. > > On the air cooled newsgroup there were posts about tuning dual arbs to pass emissions testing. > > Robert


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