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Lots of Carbon in motor

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Lots of carbon is a sign of a rich fuel mixture or engine running too cool? Take a quess.

[ December 31, 2002, 12:17 AM: Message edited by: BillKnight ]
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If you have a lot of camshaft and dont run it hard enough, this can show up as carbon on the floor of the intake. There is a time between exhaust closing and intake opening that is an "overlap period" in hot cams, during which they are both slightly open. This can cause carbon in the intake.

[ December 31, 2002, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: steve c. ]
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