200 Cold Start Valve / ECU issues

[Huw Powell]

> Diolch, I assume from that, that the ECU won't get confused if i 
> disconnect the wire. Well if it's not working now, then i suppose 
> that in reality it's already 'disconnected'

I suspect all the ECU does is switch it to ground - so it really doesn't
know if it's working or not, and current does not flow through an ECU 
circuit.

I would still make it so whatever you do is not connected at all to the 
ECU.  Better safe than sorry.  Unplug original connector, get a spare 
one, and run a fused wire to ignition power (coil?) and a ground wire 
through your switch.

> FYI the family is from Beaufort / Six Bells, although I grew up 
> across the frontier near Hereford. Arrived over here last summer.

Coal country... b. Merthyr Tydfil; lived in what used to be known as 
Cefn Coed.  We came over in '69.

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Huw Powell

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