Re: [T3] Muir Book

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

<x-flowed>At 7:07 PM -0700 5/9/04, joshua brooks wrote:
> Somewhere in the idiot book Muir states that he disconects the cold start
> valve on fuel injected cars which is inline with his choke belief. Theres


	That would be really weird.  The cold start valve's function 
is very different from the function of a choke.

	You know when you give the gas pedal a push or two before you 
start a carbed car, especially when it's cold?  In addition to 
setting the choke & fast idle cam, this squirts some extra gas into 
the intake via the accelerator pump.

	Well, in the f.i. car, the cold start valve can only work 
when the starter is turning over -- AND when it's cold out.  As soon 
as the starter quits working, the cold start valve is all done. 
(It's wired on the + side off of the starter, and on the - side it's 
grounded via a temperature switch.)  The choke, on the other hand, 
continues to operate while the cold car is warming up.

-Greg

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