Warming Up

Halcyon · tinkerer Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 113

Hey My Gemini takes a good 5 minutes to warm up, normally i have to sit there with my foot on the accelerator to keep it goin for about 3 mins is this normal or is it a problem?

Pavlos · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 920

I had this problem in my old TX. It was something to do with the automatic choke. You might wanna have a look at that.

g161stroker · backyard mechanic Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 533

i got td and it dosnt do anything like that i turn key she rolls over.

good luck man

martin · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 900

man that post was even more useless than this one...
i think he realises that its not normal or he wouldn't have asked

Michelle · tinkerer Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 349

pump pedel 3 times then start your car!! my choke was fucked and that always worked for me! goodluck

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

Might wanna make sure the mixture is spot on and the choke is working properly, that'l get it running decent when its cold. Also a couple of degrees more timing advance will help it idle. How old are your points, condensor & spark plugs ?

Reddez · tinkerer Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 353

Make sure before starting you depress the pedal completely to the floor at least twice then start, that should engage the choke, can't remember if thats true on gemis, but it has been on every other carby car ive had. Maybe you need to check out your choke... You could convert it to a manual choke, ive seen kits in repco...

MR_GEMI · Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Warming Up

martin: whats with the "know all" attitude lately??

i used to have 5 pumps of accelerator, and id jump out the car, jam the clublock between the seat and accelerator holding it at 2000 RPM, then spark up a smoke, when the smoke is finished ur car is warm...
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TXcoupe · petrol head Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 1675

hmm halycon u might want to instal a manual choke on the weber but yeah i used to sit there for 5 mins warm it up or drive slowly to work (like half throttle) whjat i think it could be is the adapter plate it maybe warped or the bolts that is used to work the adapter plate. email me about how black betty is going

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

ohhh its a weber? halycon you didnt tell us that Smile