In a message dated 12/30/98 8:43:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jesevers@students.wisc.edu writes:
> Then too, I have had experience with people driving fuel-injected cars or
> cars with carburetors AND accelerator pumps who had starting problems
> because they pumped the gas pedal without knowing it was the wrong thing to
> do. Matter of fact, I don't know why this is a no-no on fuel injected cars.
> Doesn't the ECM know all?
>
Actually some ECM's are smarter than a few people I've met. <G>
One some fuel injected cars if you open the throttle during crank it causes
the ECM to go to what is called clear flood mode, fuel pump(s) turn off as
well as no injectors for a period of time. Now I gotta tell ya turning off
the fuel injectors WILL make a car hard to start.
Rick
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