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Old 24th Feb 2002, 12:27
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Beware holding the temp too low during the start. As I understand it, during the early stages of the acceleration there is not sufficient air flow through the engine to 'shape' the flame, hence even though it appears to be a nice cool start you can be 'torching' the combustion can. A start that keeps the TOT towards the upper end of the limitations is preferable to a long slow one. That's my understanding of it anyway!
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