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1986 BMW 535 Repair Question


Topics covered: Choke, Engine, Engine performance.
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Asked on May 14, 2008

1986 BMW 535 Just Curious


Why do most cars have fast cold idle and a select few don't? Do non-fast idle cars have to run extra rich during warm up? Why don't more cars have the slow cold idle?
Avatar Asked by ab0918

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Replied on May 14, 2008

Hi there,

This is just at the whim of the designer i feel, some cars just use a cold start injector which makes it richer (like an old choke system, others use a idle air by pass system which is more complex and costs more, some of the systems are a nightmare to get right (early Nissan) while Toyota (cold start injector) is a dram and realy give a problem. I don.t know why there are so many different systems about, but i know one thing, each company will say theirs is the best.

mark (mhpautos)

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