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>From: "Gregory M. Merritt" <gregm@engin.umich.edu>
>On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Keith Park wrote:
>> each cycle gives a shot of fuel from the CSI when its cold enough
>
> Not a cycle between "on" and "off" alone.
>
> The CSI is grounded through a thermo-time switch, but its
>+12V comes from the starter. So you must have both "starter=on"
>*and* "temperature=cold" for it to engage, so to speak.
Not a thermo/time switch on the type IIIs, just temp, but otherwise correct.
> This is true for the later "stock" CSI; I don't know about the
>retrofit model for the older cars.
I remember working through the relay logic for the 69 version once upon a
time. I believe you are correct that the effect is the same. It was a sad
commentary on German engineering that this system was so overly complicated.
At least someone recognized the error and corrected it by the following year.
Jim
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