Re: [DML] Thermotime Switch Question

[casey barlow <dmc1288mph@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone, As I understand it, the thermotime switch has two wires connected to it, the blue/black wire carries the ground to the cold start valve when the engine is cold, and the red/white wire is positive, and heats the thermotime switch, so not to cause flooding of the engine while cranking. To me it seems, you would just connect the blue/black wire at the thermotime to a grounding point on the engine (to check the thermotime switch). This would give the cold start valve the ground it needs to fire.If you put a jumper wire between the blue/black and the red/white wires on the thermotime switch that would send positive current to both sides of the cold start valve, and it would not fire.   Just my 2 cents,
                                                                                               Casey Barlow                        everyone  I have a quick question.

As you all may or may not recall, I recently dug up an
article about jumping the thermotime switch by Bruce
Benson from 03/16/98. This was an effort to fix a
problem I've been having where my car fires
immediately and stalls immediately. If I give it a
bit of gas while it fires, the car will idle
perfectly. So I jumped the plug that goes into the
side of the thermotime switch, and the car will crank
and fire without one hesitation (I did this after it
was "overnight" cold - at least 7 1/2 hours). Some
owners have told me though through their knowledge of
the cold start system that jumping the plug as
instructed really shouldn't work causing a short or
the engine not to crank. Everytime I do it though, my
car bounces immediately to life.

Could someone please explain (I don't need a thesis,
just an understanding) what this jump does, and why it
fires the car right up? I want to understand if I
have a faulty thermotime switch, or if there is
another bug that this procedure is by-passing. Thank
you everyone.

Jeremiah




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