Author: Import Service

Hot start assist pulse relays were installed on late 1970s and early 1980s European cars equipped with K-Jetronic fuel injection. These relays were first installed as a retro-fit cure for hard-start-hot conditions, and later installed by different manufacturers during production.

Because it usually works so well, electronic ignition gets taken for granted. You’re probably not beating yourself over the head day after day trying to solve weird ignition problems.

The February Carside Manner prompted an interesting response from an import specialist in Texas.

He noted that many repair shops had fallen into bad habits when diagnosing possible valve train problems. They simply removed suspect cylinder heads and brought them to him for repair without a proper on-the-car diagnosis.

You’ve all seen those electrical trouble-trees in service manuals. They’re the ones that take you step by step through a planned test sequence.

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