EbidaDragon
10-30-2012, 04:04 PM
Really cold weather swept Georgia a bit earlier than I expected this year, and it's been a bit of a journey with my LX as it is.
Along with searching through things, I wanted to vent a little frustration about this..and really debating picking up an LXi coupe with 300k for $700 just to get away from carbs for the winter <.>
Since I lost my Hot Air Pipe around 2 months ago due to some burn from my P/S pressure hose blowing, I've been a little worried about truly -cold- starts, since it already started a little subpar.
Getting to my issue, though, on my cold starts, regardless of weather, it always starts up what seems to be very rich, and has a noticeable misfire/lack of fire, and my fast idle rarely kicks in. Before I cleaned the carb a couple weeks ago(simple carb cleaner/B-12 when it was running horribly on startup and idle), the car really seemed like it was dieseling until it warmed up at least a little, at least the very noticeable black smoke and very carbon-coated ND plugswhich I'd only had for 5 months after buying the car seeming like something was not perfect(bought NGK plats!) . It doesn't really spout as much black smoke(if any) when starting in <40F, but that chug-y behavior persists for much longer than before now that the weather is chilly(Even with a 60sec warmup, it still took me 4 miles before my temp gauge even seemed like it wanted to move!).
In the same vein, I still feel timid on how to prime my carb before a cold start, since I've heard these Keihin carburetors are very easy to flood, so starting can take a try or two sometimes with one half-push on my pedal, and I still tap the gas on a warm start after I go in a store or to pick up food real quick.
I was wondering for one:
-Is there any certain type of tubing I should/can use for making a new Hot Air Pipe that's not going to burn from the heat on my exhaust manifold port it ties in to?
And also!:
-Are there tricks I can use to make sure I get a good start cold?(Starter/battery are strong, luckily!)
-Is there anything on my carb that I need to set/change for winter, like fast idle or general idle?(Mechanic did a vacuum leak test, said there were surprisingly no leaks!)
-Is there a reason it takes my car for-freaking-ever to warm up?
Also, to add (if tl;dr hasn't come into effect and you're looking here), my coolant levels are just fine, and I do not have any overheating issues..would honestly say it runs perfect temp-wise; my gauge goes to a reasonable little bit below the half-way mark once it takes its' sweet time even warming up
Along with searching through things, I wanted to vent a little frustration about this..and really debating picking up an LXi coupe with 300k for $700 just to get away from carbs for the winter <.>
Since I lost my Hot Air Pipe around 2 months ago due to some burn from my P/S pressure hose blowing, I've been a little worried about truly -cold- starts, since it already started a little subpar.
Getting to my issue, though, on my cold starts, regardless of weather, it always starts up what seems to be very rich, and has a noticeable misfire/lack of fire, and my fast idle rarely kicks in. Before I cleaned the carb a couple weeks ago(simple carb cleaner/B-12 when it was running horribly on startup and idle), the car really seemed like it was dieseling until it warmed up at least a little, at least the very noticeable black smoke and very carbon-coated ND plugswhich I'd only had for 5 months after buying the car seeming like something was not perfect(bought NGK plats!) . It doesn't really spout as much black smoke(if any) when starting in <40F, but that chug-y behavior persists for much longer than before now that the weather is chilly(Even with a 60sec warmup, it still took me 4 miles before my temp gauge even seemed like it wanted to move!).
In the same vein, I still feel timid on how to prime my carb before a cold start, since I've heard these Keihin carburetors are very easy to flood, so starting can take a try or two sometimes with one half-push on my pedal, and I still tap the gas on a warm start after I go in a store or to pick up food real quick.
I was wondering for one:
-Is there any certain type of tubing I should/can use for making a new Hot Air Pipe that's not going to burn from the heat on my exhaust manifold port it ties in to?
And also!:
-Are there tricks I can use to make sure I get a good start cold?(Starter/battery are strong, luckily!)
-Is there anything on my carb that I need to set/change for winter, like fast idle or general idle?(Mechanic did a vacuum leak test, said there were surprisingly no leaks!)
-Is there a reason it takes my car for-freaking-ever to warm up?
Also, to add (if tl;dr hasn't come into effect and you're looking here), my coolant levels are just fine, and I do not have any overheating issues..would honestly say it runs perfect temp-wise; my gauge goes to a reasonable little bit below the half-way mark once it takes its' sweet time even warming up