RE: [T3] Should you or shouldn't you? That is the question.

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

<x-charset ISO-8859-1>Thinking waaaaaaay back when my baby still had FI, in order to start her she
needed the pedal fully depressed.  But I began driving her after her first
rebuild so I don't know  if she was like that in the very beginning.
Actually, since the system isn't L-jetronic, it really doesn't matter.

On my carbs, they require a pump or two, then crank.  Another pump.  Crank.
Pump.  Crank.  Etc.  When the engine finally 'catches' (starts to spin on
its own) keeping it going requires a fine touch of throttle/no throttle that
is more of a feeling than science.  Once she's finally spinning it takes a
little throttle to keep her at idle for a half minute or so before she can
idle on her own.

          Damn I want fuel injection instead of these carbs!

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/

>-----Original Message-----
>> > i was reading this past weekend my newly aquired elfrink 
>> fuel injection
>> > manual and i came across something odd. It states that when 
>> you start
>> > your car you should have the gas pedal pressed to the 
>floor. Is this
>> > correct?

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