better idle tuning or just need more warm up time?, no power when the engine is cold |
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better idle tuning or just need more warm up time?, no power when the engine is cold |
VaccaRabite |
Sep 29 2018, 11:22 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
This may be one of those things where the answer is "just let it warm up."
Now that I am driving my car more, I am starting to notice some quirks. As the days and evenings get cooler, my car needs some extra love to get moving after a cold start. I usually let it idle for a minute after startup, same as I used to do when I had carbs. However, until the engine gets warm, it has NO power off idle. Last night I stalled leaving a car show trying to get moving in 1st gear. I know its due to the engine being not up to temp, but I want to know if this is something I can tune out, or if I need to let it idle for 5 minutes or so to warm up more before I go driving now that ambient temps are getting under 50 degrees. Once I'm off idle and moving, or the car gets warm, its a dream to drive. Its just that period of time after a cold start where the engine isn't up to temp yet. The car is using modern EFI (microsquirt), not carbs or DJET. Zach |
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