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--- "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com> wrote: > 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? > I have at least 10 cars that I maintain and 5 of my own that is F.I. none of them require the throtle to be opened to start and they start easy unless something is wrong . Phil > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or > mailto:help@vwtype3.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com