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- From: bpita@ctp.com (Bob Pitas)
- Subject: Re: WHAT IS AN A-I-R PUMP ON A CHEVY CAPRICE ENGINE?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.160634.22212@ctp.com>
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- Organization: Cambridge Technology Partners
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:06:34 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.082111.165610@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> pzh@swan.dsto.gov.au (Paul Heuer) writes:
- >mgolden@cwis.unomaha.edu (Brian Golden) writes:
- ><< stuff deleted>>
- [More stuff deleted]
- >
- >DO NOT JUNK THE AIR PUMP!!
- >The motors that use air pumps here in Oz apparently do not
- >react well to having the air pump disconnected. The after-market workshop
- >manual for my car (Gregory's brand) warns not to remove the pump or run the
- >motor without the belt even for short periods of time.
- >
- >I must say, my first reaction to pumping air back into the exhaust ports was
- >"what a stupid idea, I'll soon fix this".
- >
- >Now can anyone tell me *why* the air pump shouldn't be removed??
-
- The reason is that most AIR pumps pump air to the exhaust ports during initial
- warm up of the car, and then switch and pump the air into the cat-con.
- This allows the cat-con to heat up faster, and helps cold-weather starting.
- The engineers found that one easy way to make a fuel-injected car run rich
- when cold (like the choke on a carbed engine) is to run air into the exhaust
- stream up-wind from the O2 sensor, fooling the O2 sensor into telling the
- computer that the car was running too lean. In reaction to the 'lean'
- condition, the fuel injectors are pulsed longer, and more fuel is injected,
- making for a richer mixture. If you remove the AIR pump, the car won't run
- properly when cold and will start like shit.
-
- >
- >Cheers,
- >Paul Heuer (pzh@aeg.dsto.gov.au)
- >--
- >
- >Paul Heuer E-mail : pzh@aeg.dsto.gov.au
- >Avionics Technology Phone : +61 8 259 6453
- >Air Operations Division FAX : +61 8 259 5507
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