Re: SPICA warm start problem

["Paul Irvine" <pi@domain.elided>]

The problem of flooding during warm starts is not the fault of the cold
start solenoid (even though it is what causes it). It is due to a faulty
thermostatic actuator. You can wire up a cutout for the cold start but the
problem is still there, you are still running rich, still have that black
soot coming out of the tailpipe and poor gas mileage. The only real solution
is to replace the t/a and get everything set up correctly again. You won't
have any warm start problems after that.

Paul Irvine  - Antioch CA
72 Spider - 79 Sprint Veloce - 82 GTV6
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:44:56 -0700
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@domain.elided>

Subject: Re: SPICA warm start problem

>The cheap and for some reason common solution is to wire a switch on the
>dash inline with the cold start solenoid, to disconnect it when warmed up.
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>The REAL solution is to either a) buy the Spica manual from AROC and
>follow the tune up procedures precisely, or b) find a nearby Spica guru to
>put everything right.

I had a similar problem with the '78 Spider and it was indeed the cold
start solenoid. I did fix A above ... the shop tried fix B and there was
no setting, no matter how fussy he got, that would completely prevent it
from flooding in all circumstance. Wiring up a cut out switch gave me the
right option.

Godfrey

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