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(@jason-hartmann)
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I recently had the carb rebuilt for my 235 and the shop set the idle mixture screw at 1 1/2 turns out.   After setting the idle speed and with the vacuum gauge I turned in the mixture screw until the vacuum dropped.  I then turned it back out to maximum vacuum, but at that setting when I aggressively pushed the throttle, the engine hesitated removed link   So I turned out the mixture screw in 1/8 turns until the hesitation went away (probably another 3/4 turn?).  It was still at maximum vacuum.   

Am I good with this or is this too rich?  The engine seems to be running and driving good but I don't know the downside of too rich of idle?

Thanks for any advice!

 



   
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(@drtyler)
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Run it for a few days like that and check the spark plugs to see if its truly too rich.

 

Does your engine have low or high mileage?

 

What carburetor is this?


This post was modified 6 days ago 2 times by Dane Tyler

   
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