[Diy_efi] false myths

[Murray Gill]

Phil,
Being an absolute EFI newbie, I was finding Gary's posts excellent and
compelling.  He makes an assertion and then supports it with explanation.
It would be useful if you were to explain where you think he is mistaken in
his assertions and to explain why you think he is mistaken. (After all it
was not that big a paragraph he wrote, so it would not take that much time.)
This way, we'll all learn something and if you're right I'm sure Gary will
be pleased to have his knowledge base updated too.
Please fill in the "holes".
MG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org]On
> Behalf Of Phil Lamovie
> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2005 10:59
> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
> Subject: [Diy_efi] false myths
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> I don't know where you got this info from but it's not fair to
> post unreliable
> answers to reasonable questions.
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> "AFAIC, misfire from too lean an A/F mixture, is a false myth.
> In reality,
> continual leaning can be conducted until which time, the combustion flame,
> due to a lack of heat, just goes out.  Sorta like turning down
> the gas valve
> on a kitchen range, less and less heat (not more) is generated until the
> flame, from a lack of fuel finally goes out.  The misdiagnosed so labeled
> 'misfire' is actually the result of the flame in one or more
> cylinders going
> out ahead of the others, due to the normal lack of a precise equal AFR
> in all cylinders.  The physical appearance/feeling of a misfire,
> is actually
> in reality, one or more cylinders going dead, no different than if a plug
> suddenly stopped firing."
>
> There are so many holes in this paragraph that it would take far
> too much time
> to go through them all suffice to say that if you wish to help
> please be sure
> of your physics before you add to the general level of confusion.