Before the engine would start, I had to adjust the carburettor.
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Carburettor
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Both affect the performance of the machine, especially the carburettors, and both are important to the final appearance of the model.
Source: wiktionary
In a carburettor the pressure drop (or viewed another way, suction) is used to draw fuel out of a reservoir, usually via a jet, and into the venturi to mix with the air flowing through it.
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For a large part of the twentieth century the majority of light vehicles used petrol engines that were equipped with a carburettor.
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