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Old 30th Aug 2017, 07:46
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Originally Posted by RadioSaigon
Might have missed something -but I can't see where anyone Has said that! Selecting Carb Air HOT does bypass any normal air-induction filtration, usually taking hot air from adjacent to the exhaust manifold, to the carb. Quite counter-productive to have the hot air "bypass the carby" -at several levels, I would think.

I think he's suggesting that the dusty air would have somehow damaged the carb.

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