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hueyhoolihan · 05-31-2026, 07:03 PM

my flathead does too when cold unless i have the choke set at exactly the right place. and will continue to be sensitive to the choke setting until it's completely warmed up. and even then, if i leave it on too long, it will create additional problems. it's a sensitive as a thirteen year-old ingénue. it's taken me a while to know where to set it, and when it needs to be adjusted.

IOW, i've found the choke to be much, much more sensitive on my '41 flathead than on any of the other manually choked engines i've owned. and i've owned a lot of 'em.

05-31-2026, 07:03 PM	#2
hueyhoolihan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2024 Location: central coast california Posts: 598	Re: engine will not run smoothly my flathead does too when cold unless i have the choke set at exactly the right place. and will continue to be sensitive to the choke setting until it's completely warmed up. and even then, if i leave it on too long, it will create additional problems. it's a sensitive as a thirteen year-old ingénue. it's taken me a while to know where to set it, and when it needs to be adjusted. IOW, i've found the choke to be much, much more sensitive on my '41 flathead than on any of the other manually choked engines i've owned. and i've owned a lot of 'em. Last edited by hueyhoolihan; 05-31-2026 at 08:49 PM.