Re: No start....

[Eric Storhok <alfa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was not aware that the fuel will shut off on SPICA...  interesting.  One 
of those things that EFI mimicked a very good carb characteristic.

Eric

At 09:53 PM 4/16/03 +0000, greg@domain.elided wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Eric Storhok wrote:
>
> > I'm sure that all of you know that you are not supposed to use your pedal
> > when starting a EFI Alfa...
> >
> > BUT, there is one thing you can do...  If you think that you've flooded the
> > engine, crank with your pedal to the floor (wide open throttle), this will
> > turn OFF the fuel.  I kid you not, I found it once with our 164, asked Don
> > Black about it, and he confirmed it for me.
> >
> > I thought it was something only Ford did...
> >
> > And it worked on our briefly owned Milano as well...
>
> My father taught that trick to me years ago, but it didn't have anything
> to do with EFI engines. It was just something you did if you think you
> flooded the engine. Put the accelerator on the floor while you cranked.
>
> This has worked for me on carbs and EFI engines (and yes, I did it to my
> SPICA spider when I flooded it too).
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