no priming, no choking

English translation: no filling with priming liquid, no restricting the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture

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English term or phrase:	no priming, no choking
Selected answer:	no filling with priming liquid, no restricting the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture
Entered by:	Andreea Bostan

19:05 Oct 24, 2006

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / lawn mower

English term or phrase: no priming, no choking

referred to the motor of a lawn mower:
EASIER STARTING with
No Priming, No Choking,

...does it mean that you need not to enrich the fuel/air mixture manually as this is probably an automatic process?? what's the meaning of the "no choking" part?

thanks!

Elena Ghetti KudoZ activity Questions: 2611 (4 open) (30 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 2529 Italy
Local time: 22:12

fill with priming liquid, restricting the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture

Explanation:
no priming ( refers to an engine) = you would pump the fuel pedal before you start the engine. fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

no chocking = generlally , refers to restricting the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture

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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-10-25 16:48:18 GMT)
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no priming = no filling with priming liquid
no choking = no restriction of the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture

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Note added at 2 days7 mins (2006-10-26 19:13:06 GMT)
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It's possible, but it is not something that people would normally say. It's not a regular feature of a motor. Naa...don't think it's right

Selected response from:

Andreea Bostan
United Kingdom

Grading comment

thanks! thanks also to Willmatter, I woul like to split the points between you two
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +3

fill with priming liquid, restricting the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture

Andreea Bostan

4 +3

You don't need to "prime" it and you don't need to adjust the "choke".

Will Matter

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

You don't need to "prime" it and you don't need to adjust the "choke".

Explanation:
"Priming" refers to adding a small amount of fuel to get it started and the "choke" is the part where you adjust the ratio of fuel and air to get optimum performance. HTH.

Will Matter
United States
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

fill with priming liquid, restricting the airflow to the engine to increase the fuel mixture

Andreea Bostan
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English,

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks! thanks also to Willmatter, I woul like to split the points between you two

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