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Togger

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Carbon Deposits In Cylinder?
« on: October 20, 2021, 12:28:32 AM »
 I was adjusting my valves and used the straw in the spark plug socket to know when the piston was at TDC. After I pulled the straw out the end was covered in black deposits. Is there a way to clean that out by running the engine?

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Re: Carbon Deposits In Cylinder?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2021, 09:42:12 AM »
@Togger, any combustion motor (particular one-cylinders) have a certain amount of carbon residue within cylinder head. Don't worry about. Only if your sparkplug is completely sooty black and oily-smeary, than your fuel mixture is too rich. Running on idle causes even with correct mixture a sooty plug.
And yes, by driving the scoot the plug reaches a temp of appr. 400 °C and cleans itself from this soot.
Happy and safe scootering, Ruffus

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