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Re: [T3] Engine flooding...


On 4 Jun 2003 at 6:33, Ben Doughney wrote:

> on 4/6/2003 2:40 AM, William Kunz at satchel18@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > Speaking of which, does your car have idle cut-off
> > valves installed - I do not have these installed on
> > either carb. Should they be?
> 
> No, they weren't installed on all engines, and a lot of them were replaced
> with standard idle jets when they stopped working. Your engine will work
> fine without them.

They were added in the later years when the engines started to run hotter and 
tended to diesel (run on) after you turned the key off. If yours doesn't do 
this then you don't need them.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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