On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote: > I also had some cold start/rough idle problems there when cold, along with > poor power at 9000 ft. I know I don't have my ignition system fully dialed > in (cold start problem), but I'm thinking the high altitude problem is just > the way it is. > -- > Cya, > Robert > > '87 & '86 Auto GLs > Talking through my tailpipe here, since I don't know much about waterboxer motors.. Could the cold-start issue at altitude be caused by the O2 sensors? Do these motors have a good 3 wire sensor to get them up to temperature right away? It would seem like your motors were probably much too rich for that elevation until they got warmed up enough to 'figure out' and adjust the mixture. There really is a significantly lower Oxygen content in the atmosphere at 8-9000' elevation, and mornings at that altitude are cool... The 395 hwy and the Sierras are one of my favorite places. One (minor) unfortunate 'downer' about 395 is all the Harleys on weekends in recent times...Those are an irritating distraction, the way most of their owners make their mufflers so LOUD, and how they travel in 'clots'. It is difficult to pass a big bunch of them, 15-50, blatting along in a long line, all 'stylin ' in their fancy Harley Dealer Duds, pretending they're Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider. Or maybe they identify more with Travolta from "Wild Hogs"... "Mainstream Rebels" these guys and gals...amusing, but also obnoxiously painful to the ears. When you need gas and all the stations in a small town are full of Hardlys with inept newbie riders trying to paddle those big heavy hogs around at the pumps, they can take forever to get it done and move on. |
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