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went for a ride today on the machine and noticed the intake was freezing up on me! why would this do this? you could see the frost on the intake and it was ice cold to the touch! was I running the fuel to lean?
The tempreture drop from air passing through a venturi in a carburetor is amazing. Carb ice is deadly in aircraft and can happen at almost any temp with the right humidity. usually high humidity and about 35 F is the worst for ice. To get these air cooled engines to run without iceing in cold weather I end up enclosing the engine covers to get warm air to the intake. Just the opposite of hot weather running.Some kohler and kawasaki engines have a setting on the air filter housing to allow warm air for cold weather use.If you freeze up and stall wait a few minutes for the engine heat to thaw the intake out then restart.The throttle butterfly will sometimes freeze in place and you feel it in the lever.
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