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carb icing

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hi ive got a h2 so no carb heaters etc, whats the best way for me to stop carb icing?
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Wynnes Dry Fuel helped me.
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sorry if i sound thick now lol but whats that? where do you get it and how much? is ther no way of insulating the carbs or anything?
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Use silcoline pro FST. It's bloody brilliant
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Piss on a rag and wrap it around the carbs?

Old school, but effective **APPARANTLY** :pmsl :tease
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just wandering if i extended a coolant hoose so the it runs by the carbs(ill cable tie it to the carbs) would work?
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lewisdale wrote:just wandering if i extended a coolant hoose so the it runs by the carbs(ill cable tie it to the carbs) would work?
not a bad idea mate i would use quite a thick one tho cos the std carb heaters don't work that brill anyway.
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but where would be the best lace to run it though? along the bottom of the float bowls of the side of the carbs?
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along the bottom of the bowl i would have thought so heat rises where you want it.
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