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No cold idle?
Posted: 02 Oct 2011, 15:30
by KINGPRAWN
I have a 2.1 DJ that is running like a dream, starts on the button, pulls like a train, smooth as you like and as good as you could hope for on fuel!....but on initial start up it will not idle until it's run for aprox 1 minute then all is peachy.....any ideas??? Thanks
Re: No cold idle?
Posted: 03 Oct 2011, 11:03
by Sebastian S
Not much help but I've run into the same problem recently. Also a DJ, also runs perfectly. However sometimes it doesn't want to idle when cold, have to give it a tiny bit of throttle to keep it going until it gets warm. In my case it only occurs very intermittently so a bit hard do to diagnose. I have suspicion about bad ground or connection somewhere..
Re: No cold idle?
Posted: 03 Oct 2011, 13:48
by lhd
Are you depressing the accelerator down fully once before you start?
From what I remember this resets the fast idle cam or something like that.
Rob.
Re: No cold idle?
Posted: 03 Oct 2011, 22:02
by KINGPRAWN
Thanks for that... No never have done! , that's what you do on automatic chokes on carb engines! Gonna try it in the morning.......
Re: No cold idle?
Posted: 04 Oct 2011, 12:09
by lhd
KINGPRAWN wrote:Thanks for that... No never have done! , that's what you do on automatic chokes on carb engines! Gonna try it in the morning.......
oops I thought it was a carbed engine, just noticed DJ and not DG.
Re: No cold idle?
Posted: 04 Oct 2011, 12:42
by Mickyfin
I have a DG Rob, and mine is struggling to tick over on low revs. I found out how to engage the choke prior to starting, depressing the pedal just before, this in turn does indeed engage the choke, but revs sound a little high for a choke. Will try and reset by putting foot to floor in the morning before starting engine, see if they resets things.