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Old 10-11-2019, 02:01 PM   #14
geezer#99
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Re: Rochester carb help possible bad linkage

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Originally Posted by kljfamily View Post
so that green thing connected to the secondary linkage is there by design. when your choke is engaged it too is engaged stopping the secondaries from opening when the engine is not warm enough...another emissions things added....once your car is warmed up and the choke goes off then that green thing should move out of the way automatically...let the car warm up and see if it does...I thought it was an issue too but once I let it idle awhile it did exactly that.
Not emissions thing.
Safety thing.
Keeps you from opening secondaries on a cold engine.
Also helps your wallet!
Keeps the money in there instead of needing to replace your blown up motor if you worked it too hard when cold.
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