Re: Grounding Cold Start valve??

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

I suppose you could do that, but the point of the time thermoswitch is to keep
the engine from flooding during hot starts. I would check and see if the green
wire at the cold start valve is grounded when the engine is cold. It should be.

    -Josiah

Rich Zuk wrote:

> >I don't think you would want to do this, because then the cold start
> >valve would always operate whenever you used the starter, including
> >during hot starts. The point of the time-thermoswitch is to prevent this
> >from happening and only provide ground when the engine is cold or you've
> >been cranking the starter for more than 5 seconds or something...
>
> So, I shouldn't mess with it.
> How about if I have the extra ground just for winter usage??  say till temp
> is reaches into 40's again.
> Rich
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