CIS cold start/idling problem
Eyvind Spangen
200q20v at bluezone.no
Thu Sep 1 10:28:00 EDT 2005
>I would suggest you set the mixture back to were it was and hook up an
>ammeter in line with the pressure regulator,. Start the car up cold
>and watch the current it should start at a higher value(25-30mA or
>more?) and settel back down to around 10mA as the car warms up. If the
>current isn't higher when it's cold I would look at the temperature
>sensors first. The pressure regulator rarely fails, I believe it's the
>sensor in the bottom of the water neck on the head you need to look
>at(what car is this again?) If that sensor is ok(check bentley for
>specs), take a look at the thermotime switch in the back of the head.
>It controls the cold start injector.
Thank you, but this is a CIS system, not CIS-E, so there is no electronic
control, just the big warm-up regulator mounted on the left side of the
block. I'll try to swap out the warm-up regulator tomorrow with one from a
junkyard and see if that helps.
Thank you anyway! :)
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E. Spangen
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