DIY_EFI Digest Monday, August 23 1999 Volume 04 : Number 484 In this issue: Update on the newbie question... See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the DIY_EFI or DIY_EFI-Digest mailing lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:44:57 +0200 From: Nic van der Walt Subject: Update on the newbie question... > > If the hijackers have guns, I would hope they get a couple of blocks before > the engine stops because they might not be happy with you if you foil their > plan. If he doesn't have a gun I won't unlock the door and get out... Audi has this nice feature in that it locks the doors when you drive off. Perfect for a scatterbrain like me. The unit has a two minute timer from ignition on (if set to automatic) before the cutout activates. If set to manual the central control room has to send the unit a deactivate message to switch the relay. > > However if you kill the pre pump you may find that your Eng. may not stop. > The main pump will probley die as soon as tank gets low, though I have seen > them run with the pre pump out for months. Hmmm. I did pull the fuse while the car was idling (full tank) and it died within 10 seconds. Will the time increase or decrease at say WOT? My feeling would be that it will die sooner rather than later. I suppose a non active fuel pump does a good job of restricting the fuel flow. Anyways, thanks for the replies. I'm glad to hear I won't blow up the engine. Regards, Nic Regards, Nic van der Walt - ------------------------------------------------------------ Cellpoint Systems SA http://www.cellpt.co.za GSM Technology for Positioning and Telematics - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of DIY_EFI Digest V4 #484 ***************************** To subscribe to DIY_EFI-Digest, send the command: subscribe diy_efi-digest in the body of a message to "Majordomo@xxx. A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace "diy_efi-digest" in the command above with "diy_efi".