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Subject:Re: Jump-Starting (ie: booster cables) and Fuel Injection
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:47:13 +0200

Douglas Taylor wrote:

> I recall dire warnings against battery boosting (and even battery charging)
> the fuel injected Type III's and IV's that used that beastly electronic
> fuel injection (D-Jetronic?), as it could fry the computer.

Interestingly, we had this discussion on the Type 3 list a couple weeks ago.
The general consensus was that there is no problem jumping the FI Type 3, as
long as you don't connect the jumper cables to the dead car, with the ignition
on. Turn the ignition on after connecting the cables, and you should be all
fine.

PerL
Bug, Bus 'n 'Back

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