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Old 16th Jan 2004, 02:19
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Tinstaafl
 
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Yes. It's not that they're immune from icing, it's that they're less prone to it.

They benefit from:

* no venturi
* no fuel evaporation at/near the venturi
* no fuel evaporation from an idle jet at the throttle butterfly restriction (I hesitate to call it a venturi).

All these things add up to reduce the likelyhood.

I think that FFF's question is resolved by the 3rd item I listed. Whilst both carby & injected intakes have a butterfly valve causing a restriction, only the carby design also has fuel evaporation in the restriction.
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