hard cold starting

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Tue Jan 14 11:36:20 EST 2003


Ron Wainwright writes:
>   It's just that you mentioned it in a post you sent
> to the list on hard cold starting, but you saie there
> is no thermo-time switch for these cars know. I'm
> confused. It mentiones in the Haynes I have for the 5k
> 84-88 that the thermo-time switch energises the cold
> start valve for a short time.

Yes, but that description is for "ordinary" CIS cars (i.e., not the turbos).
The turbos are quite different beasts.  They are CIS, but with a lot
more electronics and gewgaws for engine management.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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