ORIGINAL: pe reivers
ORIGINAL: RTK
Can't argue with that reasoning and experimentation Pe. Do you think this process would also take place at lower temps, say 100*C??
I have been killing all my 2 cycle engines with the choke at idle for years, after a cool down period.
On my dads ranch we never shut down any of the large diesels without a good cool down period.
Air cooled engines that are asked to do some work never run at such low temperatures, unless extremely rich. Under these conditions they will fail on you because of internal fouling due to the very dirty combustion process.
Maybe you misunderstood what I was saying. When I shut down most of my engines after a flight (or weeding) I usually let them idle and cool down. They usually are at around 240*F/ 120*C (
or less) and heat soak very little, at that temp does this same process you explained earlier take place if I were to choke kill the engine at those temps. I would not think the same process (gumming up) would take place at those low temps.....