[DML] Re: Warm Start

["Dave Swingle" <swingle_dmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's part of my point although probably not as clear - the control 
pressure (aka warm-up) regulator can fail in several different ways 
(too high, too low, too slow etc...), and each way can cause 
dramatically different symptoms. 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote:
>
> Have you checked the function of the control pressure regulator? 
The  
> only part of the fuel system that adjusts mixture as a function of  
> temperature. It's perfectly feasible, given it's an electro-
mechanical  
> device, that it doesn't behave as it should on cool down, leaving 
the  
> mixture appropriate to a hot engine when the engine is just warm.
> 
> You need to get a fuel pressure gauge on your car to actually 
observe  
> the primary and control pressures in order to understand what's 
going  
> on. Who knows, maybe it's an ignition problem (eg the connectors 
on  
> the ballast resistors and coil - that's another favourite for this  
> sort of problem).
> 
> Martin
>




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