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On 27 Feb 2004 at 22:36, wfoh8x9 Martinez-Ortiz wrote: > I want to make shure that the way (I) understand the electrick choke is what > I just read. Chokes get adjusted with the engine cold at approx 1/32 > opening. When the key is turned and electricity reaches the heating element, > it take about 30 seconds for the element to begin to glow red. As the engine > starts and both the heating element and the engine warms up the spring > holding the choke butterfly unwinds until the engine reaches operating > temperature and the choke butterfly is completely open. That's correct, except that I don't think the coil ever gets even close to red hot. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org