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Date:         Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:50:40 -0400
Reply-To:     WESTYTRAVER@CS.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dan Winget <WESTYTRAVER@CS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Injector heater
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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THEIR is a provision for lines to go tho the throttle body to prevent icing in very cold weather. I live in NJ and I have not had any problems at all with out them hooked up.

Dan

Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:

>Okay, so I was talking with the shop manager at place that recently >replaced my fuel lines (on my Tiico conversion). > >and he noticed that there were no hoses connected up to a couple of >tubes on the housing for the fuel system. > >According to him (as near as I can recall) this was a heater for the >fuel injectors, and there should be a couple of lines from the coolant >system. Without them the engine will run rough when cold (as the engine >was idling and warmed up enough it got smooth, to "confirm" his point.) > >I just looked at the pictures on the Tiico page and even there those >lines aren't hooked up. > >Any comments from folks that would know better? >


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