The choke (cold start) system on a DCOE seems generally to be redundant. In fact many people just block them off as they are rather notorious for leaking gas and hence messing up the mixture The accepted method for starting a car with DCOEs is to give the throttle a couple of pumps (the acceleration circuit pumps a few squirts of gas into the engine) and then turn her over on the starter.. Cheers Tim
Rick Gregory wrote: > To Paul and all: > > Paul - funny you should mention the choke regarding a DCOE. I have a DCOE 45 > in my '74, and it starts hot or cold with no choke at all - in fact using > the choke causes a quick death to the engine or prevents it from starting. > Do you think I need to replace it or is there some adjustment that I can be > make? I am not too smart on these carbs - all I know is that once I go two > or three blocks mine runs really well - until then the idle is a bit rough > and low, but it will still stay running - just better to give it a bit of > gas to raise the rpm up by a couple hundred to smooth her out until she > warms up. I'd sure appreciate your opinion as there are no decent British > mechanics within six hundred miles of here (that I have been able to find). > TIA for your help, and to anyone else that might have some insight.... > > Rick Gregory > '74 Spitfire 1500 > Great Falls, Montana > -- Dr Tim Dafforn 2.205 Stopford Building School of Biological Sciences University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PT 44 (0) 161 275 5538 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
