Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:41:04 -0400 From: Scott I. Remick <scottnopsamuteralt.com> Subject: Re: More cold-start questions (long)
In article <zTmo5.3403$Fo1.415183nopsams01>, mjbullardnopsamaone.net says... > 1) Find the vacuum leak Hehe... ok, so I have a vacuum leak. Problem is, there are vacuum lines all over the place. Not sure how to begin... do you know a source for good instructions for tracking down a vacuum leak? Or is it the Bentley manual... > 2) get the Bentley manual and the Haynes manuals. The leagand for the Haynes manual is sorted differently than > the Bentley, this is the _only_ use for the Haynes manual. I have the Haynes manual, and had wondered about the Bentley. I'll go searching for it... > 3) There is a repair manual for Bosch fuel injection systems that is blue and at most most Borders and Barnes and > Nobel bookstores, get it. It's either Haynes or Chiltons, but I think it's Haynes. Hadn't heard of that... sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the tip. > 5) Item 2 will explain how all the warmup parts work, but to summarize, there is a heating coil on a bi-metalic strip > that > is always supplyed with power whenever the engine is running. This opens and closes the aux air valve. A separate > strip > but moves the fuel valve in the warmup regulator. This probably isn't your problem as they really don't do that much > until it get cold, as in late fall to winter. Are you saying the aux air valve doesn't come into play unless it is REALLY cold outside? I thought it was on every startup if the engine wasn't warm. > The air flow meter is that thing on the drivers side (US not England) near the front with all the fuel lines going to > it. Yeah, I knew where the AFM was... what I wasn't sure about though was the air MASS meter ;) Thanks for all your info... ----------------------- Scott I. Remick scottnopsamuteralt.com Network and Information (802)388-7545 ext. 236 Systems Manager FAX:(802)388-3697 Computer Alternatives, Inc. http://www.computeralt.com
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