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What does engine running rich or lean mean?
An engine runs by the combustion of a mixture of oxygen and gasoline. If this mix has too much oxygen, it is said to run lean. When the mixture has too much gasoline in relation to oxygen, it is running rich.
What does mean lean mixture or rich mixture?
The ideal fuel/air mixture or ratio for most internal combustion gasoline engines is 14.7 to 1. Meaning 14.7 parts air to one part gasoline. Any ratio below this is considered a rich mixture or too much fuel. Any ratio above this is considered a lean mixture or too much air.
What is running lean and running rich?
"Rich" and "lean" refer to the air/fuel mixture. Rich means a higher proportion of fuel than is needed and lean means less. An overly rich mixture can foul plugs, cause sluggish performance and promote carbon buildup in the combustion chambers, as well as decrease fuel economy. An overly lean mixture can cause jerky, hesitant performance, overheating and in extreme cases even melt a piston crown.
How do you lean idle circuit on a 650 holley?
Turn the idle mixture screw in to lean the mixture, out to richen the mixture.
Can diesel oil be used in a petrol engine under a lean air fuel mixture?
No. Diesel must be compressed quite a bit more than gasoline to achieve combustion.
What is lean made from?
Lean is a mixture of weed and grey goose!
What is lean and rich mixture?
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What can cause lean fuel mixture and?
A vacuum leak can cause a lean burn.
What is the effect of air fuel ratio on BHP and SFC?
Too rich or too lean of a mixture, and both will be affected negatively. Unleaded gasoline/petrol is especially specific with the stochiometric ratio it requires for ideal combustion.
What way do you turn the air fuel mixture screw on a holly carb for a 1963 dodge dart to make lean?
turn clockwise or inward to lean the mixture.
Will a richer fuel mixture prevent a high compression motor from engine knock?
The three things that will help you're knocking problem are: 1. Retard the timing. 2. Use higher octane fuel 3. Lower the combustion temp by adding an EGR valve, or making sure the one you have works. I'd assume the EGR valve is not something that you want to do. I wouldn't. Obviously, "4" would be swap out the heads to ones with a bigger combustion chamber thus reducing the compression. A lean mixture will give you a "lean misfire".
Detonation of petrol engines?
Detonation is a misused word. Pre-ignition is the common problem which cause mis-timing of the combustion cycle. Pre-ignition occurs from a combination of high heat ignition source, temperature and lean ratio mixes. Detonation has two main features, a) poor combustion design that causes a clash of two flame fronts within the combustion chamber that causes two shock waves to hit each other and creates a destructive force. b) a correct combustion chamber that allows the ultra lean fuel mix to explode omni-direction and consumes all the fuel mixture and then extinguishes itself and thus renders no harm to the engine with the expanding gas as the work loan and the contracting gas as a cooling gas at the end of the cycle. A petrol engine with the correct combustion chamber can run on compression ratios of 20:1 and lean petrol mixes as a detonation engine. The real future of the petrol engine is yet to be produced with extraordinary milage and low pollutants. SCB
