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Subject:Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:09:38 -0400

At 12:07 PM 8/26/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>I thought the ECU controlled how much fuel the injectors spray, not the
>pedal.

All the pedal does directly is pull the throttle plate open (and on
our automatics, inform the transmission via the lever with the joint
that can get sticky and cause the throttle to stick wide open).  ECU
takes in data from AFM, T-I, T-II, rpm, throttle switch to decide
when and how much fuel to administer.

>  Does the ECU permit flooding?

You bet.  Crank it long enough without starting and it will
flood.  Cold, anyway.  Not sure about hot.  Holding the pedal down
will help clear it out in my experience.

Yours,
David