[DMCForum] Re: Hot Start Fixed?

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well done Samuel.

How did you figure out that the idle regulator was stuck 1/2 way 
open? 

Rich A.
#5335

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Samuel <samuel_yahoo@xxxx> wrote:
> I have been tracing down a hot start issue and running issues on 
my car 
> for a year now. I stumbled across a few things that was giving me 
> trouble today, with help from Walter.
> 
> Figured out that my idle speed motor was stuck 1/2 way open. As a 
> result, I would be running fine at idle, but then hit the gas and 
would 
> run too lean, almost stalling the engine. There is question about 
my 
> oxygen sensor, although the readings appear fine. The other is 
that my 
> thermotime switch was bad. This would result in my cold start 
valve 
> running when the engine was warm. The end result was flooding the 
engine.
> 
> Hopefully, I'll have the engine running without the hotstart, as a 
> result, I'll be able to drive and actually get other projects done 
on 
> the car, like getting my interior back in.
> 
> 
> Samuel
> #5096

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