fuzzy!!
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 06:21 PM |
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Automatic or Manual Choke?
Hi all - would anyone care to comment on the relative merits of auto/manual choke? and what I should go for?
Only looking for a minor upgrade to 32/36 DGAV/DGV. Depending on feedback anyone got either spare?
tia
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 06:28 PM |
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100% manual, gives you control, atomatic never knows just how much or lirttle it needs plus they are a pain in the butt and never work properly.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 06:39 PM |
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Manual every time, gives you control in all circumstances. The Weber system is coolant controlled, and has all sorts of springs, pull off valves etc.
which might work ok when new, but when thngs wear and become maladjusted, it can create more problems than enough.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 06:54 PM |
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I bought a manual choke kit for my old Weber DGAV from a local motor factors - under £10, I think.
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 07:10 PM |
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manual - a primitive system based on springs, metalic strips, wax etc, is never gonna be as good as a human brain, well, in most cases it won't
be.
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fuzzy!!
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 08:22 PM |
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great, so that's either pretty conclusive or fairly unanimous then 
thanks
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nick205
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 09:07 PM |
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manual everytime for me - exactly what I have on my Indy. Simple, effective and reliable - exactly how it should be.
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tomprescott
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 09:19 PM |
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Manual!
Auto chokes are nowhere near as reliable and you get zero control!
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mediabloke
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 10:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
The Weber system is coolant controlled, and has all sorts of springs, pull off valves etc. which might work ok when new, but when thngs wear and
become maladjusted, it can create more problems than enough.
Just remembered how nuts it used to drive me, trying to blip the throttle to switch off the auto choke on my first Astra... 
Definitely manual.
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