[DML] Re: Idle problem
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[DML] Re: Idle problem



My Renault block (K Jetronic, manual idle) never behaved like that.
I'd suspect something in the Lambda system.

Try starting the car with the O2 sensor unplugged and see if it
behaves similarly.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> When you first start the motor WHEN COLD the cold start valve operates
> while the starter is cranking. When the motor catches and you stop
> running the starter the motor has to consume all that fuel that was
> dumped in by the cold start valve. This will cause the motor to run
> fast for a very short time and then settle down. Try starting when
> hot. It should not run so fast when started if the cold start circuit
> is operating correctly. There is a thermal switch on the water pump
> that keeps it from activating the cold start valve when hot. This is
> NOT a function of the idle circuit so disabling the idle motor should
> have no effect on the high reving on cold start-up.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 









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