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Originally Posted by ford38v8
Thanks, George, and yes, I do remember and agree that heat soak after shutdown is the biggest culprit.
Mike, carb icing on aircraft, I can see, but with a Ford V8? Are there snowballs in hell? 
Is anyone averse to a few additional minutes to warm up to avert carb boil later? Not just on shutdown either, it happens at stop lights too. |
Carb icing can happen on any carb, it's just a bit more serious on a plane (you think?). It's not about low air temps, it's about humidity condensing on the cold carb.
I'm a snowmobiler and my sled has factory installed carb warmers which are recommended to be used in above-freezing temps when humidity is high.
Anyway, sorry for the digression. I was just trying to explain that carburetors are like little refrigerators when running.