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Old 21st Mar 2009, 16:51
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JimBall
 
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Do you share the advice of some that if you need to crack the throttle open to start a hot engine its best to switch the governor off as an additional safeguard?
Hot engines start without the throttle open and without any priming. And I always start with the governor off in any case. Seen too many surprised by the sudden rise in revs.

And, since a couple of incidents where the so-called governor has caused the engine to run away (due to oil in magnetos), have been extremely cautious with the device.
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