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Bill Cal. · 01-27-2023, 12:10 PM

It's been taking a long time to warm my engine up and we live in a mild climate. Have to continually use the choke for the first 2-3 minutes to keep it going and then after 4-5 minutes it runs fine. I suspect a cracked intake manifold but can't find it. So far I have put new copper manifold gaskets on, and re-tightened a couple of times. changed carb to no avail. checked paper gasket, looks fine. Cleaned surfaces of carb and intake manifold, Run oil over to top of manifold gasket while it's running to see if oil is sucked in or engine speeds up, Engine will die if I screw air intake adjustment all the way in on carb when warmed up. Any ideas?
Thank You!

01-27-2023, 12:10 PM	#1
Bill Cal. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 174	long warm up It's been taking a long time to warm my engine up and we live in a mild climate. Have to continually use the choke for the first 2-3 minutes to keep it going and then after 4-5 minutes it runs fine. I suspect a cracked intake manifold but can't find it. So far I have put new copper manifold gaskets on, and re-tightened a couple of times. changed carb to no avail. checked paper gasket, looks fine. Cleaned surfaces of carb and intake manifold, Run oil over to top of manifold gasket while it's running to see if oil is sucked in or engine speeds up, Engine will die if I screw air intake adjustment all the way in on carb when warmed up. Any ideas? Thank You!