I do not advise feathering. Either make it run or not. If you want to
play with it, it will not start has been my empirical experience. The
wife had to start the e300d and tried the feathering stuff. Took us
far longer to get her to just accept stomping on it and keeping the
starter going until it caught fully. For some reason it wants fuel and
feathering does not deliver any amount of value. Gump will not even
consider making any starting noise if you feather.
On Friday, March 10, 2006, at 04:38 PM, Zoltan Finks wrote:
Good to get all our cylinders in line. This brings me back to my
question
from yesterday: What about feathering when the thing is just getting
going?
That's always been my way of coaxing a cold gasser along.
And further, what is the actual effect of feathering the pedal on this
type
of system. Does depressing the pedal actually squirt fuel? Or simply
ratchet
up the IP? Or what? As I said yesterday, I understand the workings of a
carbureted gas engine, where there is a direct linkage between your
foot and
the accelerator pump which squirts fuel down the throats. But what
about
these diesel systems? Note: Those listers annoyed by such a simplistic,
basic question may simply delete - no need to get worked up.
Brian
83 240D
On 3/10/06, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:36:39 -0600 "Zoltan Finks"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think there might be a miscommunication here. I don't think John B
was
talking about flooring the accelerator after the engine is running, I
think he meant floor the accelerator while you are cranking the
starter,
and the thing is sort of showing signs of starting, but is not really
running yet.
Yes! And once it starts running, back off on the accelerator to keep
it
running at a reasonable, Goldilocks speed (not too fast, not too slow,
just right :-) ). As things warm up, you'll have to back off more.
So I don't think he meant to just rev the heck out of the thing when
it's cold. That would seem a bad idea to me too.
Yes, that is a bad idea.
Craig
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