Originally Posted by
SLFMS
Company procedure on the idle stop.
The start isn’t a big deal especially once used to it. Rather my point is the more you add to the process the more likely hood of something going wrong. I think it’s good we do not also have to engage the igniters although I’m sure it could be managed.
It’s been a while, but I think that procedure brings risks. With the idle stop open you don’t know if you opened the throttle passed it. If you have and get a hot start, Murthy’s law dictates that the stop will close as you try and close the throttle, and attempts to release the stop will fail because you’re jamming it still trying to close the throttle! If you learn to feel the pressure of the cam, you will always know you have not passed it and can immediately snap the throttle closed. I’ve had hot starts and you need to be quick! Some weren’t ‘real’ though and were due to faulty ITT compensators.