Re: Winter

"nrp" <daneth1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1127704475.494862.320230
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> putting it away. Goose the throttle on shutdown to purge the engine of
> combustion products on shutdown.
>
> My .02 cents worth......!
> A MN engineer

Well, I'm not an engineer, but my daddy always told me NOT to goose it on
shutdown... you suck in an extra shot of gas, it doesn't get burned, and it
very effectively washes down your cylinders walls, eliminating the oil
film.

JMHO, but it makes sense to me.

--
'77-'90 Various Jap; '90-'03 1990 XLH (the Bitch; sold to brother 2003,
stolen 2005)
'03-now 2003 FLHT (Battlewagon)

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-who knows, saw it over a desk in Aviano, Italy
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