Ferrari Mailing List: Re: K-jetronic FI on QV cars

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Thanks Peter.  This is a confusingly simple system.  I'll get to the bottom of 
it and share my findings.

rick


--- On Thu, 12/11/08, Peter Pless <ferrarilst [at] pless.com.au> wrote:

> From: Peter Pless <ferrarilst [at] pless.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] K-jetronic FI on QV cars
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 3:24 PM
> Bad news...i've heard they do....and I've heard they
> don't! take your pick.
> 
> Two 328s I use...one doesn't idle faster when cold..the
> other does.
> 
> I hope you're now as confused about it as I am! 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 8:22 AM
> To: Peter Pless
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] K-jetronic FI on QV cars
> 
> Hey Gang,
> 
> On your QV 3x8s and Mondials, does the idle speed run high
> at start-up?  I
> have heard stories of the US cars idling really high
> (>2000rpm) when first
> started cold.  Every book I have read on K-Jetronic
> discussed the cold start
> injector and the additional air valve to raise cold idle
> speed.  My Euro. QV
> has none of that behavior.  First start-up or after a long
> run, engine cold,
> hot or in between, it idles at 1000rpm.  Should it have a
> higher idle speed
> when cold?
> 
> What I'm asking is whether the cold start circuit in my
> car is working
> properly.  It starts flawlessly but has no increase in idle
> speed at all.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> rick
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