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dannyye

Post subject: Longer Starting since changing Converter

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:21 pm

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Hey all,

My Valle converter died last week and i had it swapped out with an OMVL converter...now everythings running fine in regards to the car just when i crank the car from an off position i takes around 4 -5 seconds to fire and start whereas the Valle was almost instant to 1 second.

The guy who installed it said he set the mixture to 2.5 and that everything was A ok with it.
Just wondering if its taking ages to start because of the new converter?

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tickford_6

Post subject: Re: Longer Starting since changing Converter

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:25 pm

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Factory gas?

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dannyye

Post subject: Re: Longer Starting since changing Converter

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:31 pm

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tickford_6

Post subject: Re: Longer Starting since changing Converter

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:39 pm

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Put a Vialle converter back on it.

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dannyye

Post subject: Re: Longer Starting since changing Converter

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:37 pm

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I went back and saw the guy who installed it and he told me this will happen when a new converter is installed, The diaphram in the converter stretches and so the car leans out when starting. He hooked up some machine to the tailpipe and we found to it to be running rich @ 4.5 instead of 2.5, So he adjusted it back to 2.5 and its working fine now.

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Mechan1k

Post subject: Re: Longer Starting since changing Converter

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:36 am

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Probably also due to the fact the Vialle converter has a cold start pre-prime solenoid on it ... to aid in faster starting ... I don't think the OMVL is equipped with this.

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