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On 30 Oct 2002, at 16:15, Greg Merritt wrote: > > BUT.. I think there is a wire on the starter that can be reversed that will > > do this... its in the Bentley, try that. > > This would be getting a constant +12V to the hot side of the cold > start valve when the car was on -- which, if it were cold outside, would > flood the engine, because the c.s.v. would be getting grounded through the > thermo switch. It would also cause the brain to run the FI rich all the time, not just when starting, because this same wire comes into the brain for enrichment on starting. > Do we know if the mechanic actually witnessed the four main > injectors staying open, or just a flood of gas that could have come from > the so-called "fifth" (cold start) injector? Somehow I also doubt this. > An easy confirmation from the engine bay would be to just > disconnect one of the c.s.v.'s power leads. The CSV leads are together in a single connector that plugs into the CSV. Just unplug it. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/