Re: [DML] Cold Start Valve - how long does it go?

["Jim Reeve" <dmc6960@xxxxxxxxx>]

To add on to John's comments here, it will spray for the 7-8 seconds
tops only while cranking.  If the engine starts and you stop cranking
before then, it will stop firing.  Factory wired it will only squirt
when the starter is turning.

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC6960

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Hervey" <john@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> If your car doesn't start quickly and your cranking continues, then
the cold
> start will spray fuel for 7 to 8 seconds if you stay on the key. The TTS
> switch will heat up and should shut it off in 7 to 8 seconds. That's
what it
> does if everything is good. If it's longer than that I would
replaced the
> TTS switch. If you keep cranking on the engine you will normally
flood the
> car.
> John Hervey
> www.specialTauto.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gzapf [mailto:x86Daddy@xxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:47 PM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Cold Start Valve - how long does it go?
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> How long is the Cold Start valve supposed to shoot fuel?  Is it a
> second, or something more like 15 seconds?
> 
> My PO installed a momentary button to activate the Cold Start valve,
> but I think they were doing so to compensate for another warm-up
> problem... not because the activation based on the thermo-time switch
> was deficient...  As it stands, in order to cold start, I have to
> manually tap this button periodically during the first 10-20 seconds
> after start-up, otherwise it dies.  If I attach the original
> electrical connector to the cold start valve, the engine still starts,
> but sputters out within a few seconds.  Is there a way to test if this
> is the warm up regulator or something?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Greg
> #2894
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