Automatic Choke Problems (Fiesta)

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Tue 22 Mar 2005 21:23
Automatic Choke Problems (Fiesta) - John Bullen
Dear All,

I have a P Reg Ford Fiesta (1.3 EFi engine). It clearly has a problem with the automatic choke not opening properly since in the mornings, when cold, it runs like a dog, however once it's warmed up it's fine and drives very well indeed.

Whilst the car starts OK, as soon as you put any stress on the engine it really dies, hardly accelerates until eventually enough fuel gets through and off she goes.

There's clearly a number of things that it could be, could people outline for me what they might be and how easily they can be resolved,

Thanks in advance for all your help,



John
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Tue 22 Mar 2005 22:53
Automatic Choke Problems (Fiesta) - Rishab C
Cars made after 1992 don't have chokes, as they are fuel injected. Yours even says EFi. Have you checked the basic service items, plugs, filters etc....?
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Wed 23 Mar 2005 08:22
Automatic Choke Problems (Fiesta) - dieselnut
Last petrol car I had with injection had a seperate cold start injector located on the inlet manifold. Then ECU needs to know to activate this, so probably gets its Q from the coolant temp sensor. I would look at those two first.
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