At 10:18 PM 7/28/2002, David Brodbeck wrote: >That's a bit of work. I don't know about the later model fuel systems, >but on my '75 I could accomplish the same thing by turning the key on >(without starting the engine), then wedging a pencil in the AFM flap to >hold it open slightly. Newer ones look at the pulses coming from the Hall-effect sender at the distributor. I suspect they abandoned the other method because there are too many ways the AFM could get jammed in an accident (or otherwise send a constant signal) whereas the Hall sender only sends when the engine is actually rotating. david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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