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On 27 Feb 2004 at 7:30, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > I have noticed a few folks have said they have problem getting their car to > warm up when using carbs...My bus has a carb(single). I used to have trouble > getting it to warm up, and it would stall on me all the time in the winter > before it had warmed up. Then I found out there is an electric choke on the > side of the carb that you adjust as the temp changes (probably every season) > now it starts fine. It's function is to compensate for changes in temp. If you have to adjust it with changes in season it most likely means that it's not doing its job, or that the carb is misadjusted so that in some seasons the richness is out of the range of adjustment for the choke. I THINK that once you get everything set up and working right you should not need to adjust the electric choke any more. Those with more experience with carbs should now jump in and correct me. ;-) I think the Webers lack the chokes, so they become a problem in cold climates. I know that the FI needs no readjustment for summer or winter. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org