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- noun The process, such as occurs in a
carburetor , of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion forcombustion .
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Examples
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Tools such as trimmers, mowers and blowers generally use engine technologies long abandoned by carmakers: air cooling, carburetion and, often, two-cycle engines fueled by an oil-gas mix .
E15 fears: More ethanol in gasoline is bad news for power equipment, critics say Adrian Higgins 2010
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I checked out the Corvette's 265-cubic-inch small-block engine, and its fuel lines, fuel pump, and carburetion system.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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Tools such as trimmers, mowers and blowers generally use engine technologies long abandoned by carmakers: air cooling, carburetion and, often, two-cycle engines fueled by an oil-gas mix .
E15 fears: More ethanol in gasoline is bad news for power equipment, critics say Adrian Higgins 2010
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Tools such as trimmers, mowers and blowers generally use engine technologies long abandoned by carmakers: air cooling, carburetion and, often, two-cycle engines fueled by an oil-gas mix .
E15 fears: More ethanol in gasoline is bad news for power equipment, critics say Adrian Higgins 2010
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If you have an early non-computer car with carburetion, and not fuel injection, a good quality system that can save you money will also work, but you have to manually rejet the carburetor and reset the timing.
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Computerized fuel injection is both more effective than carburetion, and more reliable than computerized methods.
Brittle Strategies James Killus 2007
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Far from resembling an untamed, wild liter bike, it actually feels more tame than my ZZR due to slower revving, better carburetion, and very user-friendly throttle response.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2005
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The bike has minimal steering lock and marginal carburetion at tiny throttle openings.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2005
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The last bike I had, with terrible, clapped out suspension, crummy bias-ply tires, five more inches of wheelbase, and 110 more pounds, also made tight maneuvers a snap because of flawless carburetion and great steering lock.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2005
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In fact, those areas address about my only complaints about the ZZR – lousy low rev carburetion, painful oil changes, and a poorly positioned fuel tap with no fuel gauge.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2005
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