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Really newbie question - what does "Choke" do ?

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Old 07-15-02, 04:23 PM
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Really newbie question - what does "Choke" do ?

I searched, but didn't find a direct answer. This is my first carburated car, and I am not sure as to what "Choke" does besides looking neat when being pulled in and pulled out .
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The choke is used for when the engine is cold. When it is out, it keeps the carb idle up so the engine wont die. I dont know what else it would do.
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yes it runs fast but what the choke does is choke off the air to the engine, so it runs really rich to help it start and heat up faster.
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I first saw this question and laughed but then I realized with the age of alot of the folks on here there are lots of people that have never had to deal with a choke!! Everything I owned had chokes......snowmobiles, motorcycles, gokarts.......and RX7s. I guess I am getting older

oh yah, 82streetracer is right...hehehe
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Yeah, well, I was suspecting what it did and I was right, I was just not sure. Thanks for the replies
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