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RE: Car Recovered / Electric fuel valves

To: Whiteford Andy <A.G.Whiteford@gcal.ac.uk>, alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Car Recovered / Electric fuel valves
From: Jarrid Gross <JGross@econolite.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 08:31:52 -0700
A 12v fuel cut solenoid will only work on a carburetted car.

Put on an an injected car and you will ruin your fuel pump.

Battery cutoff switches also are bad for contemporary automobiles.
Most engine management systems get "stupid" when power is lost
from the vehicle.  They have to run in a default mode for some
time to re-learn what it really takes to make the engine run right.


Jarrid Gross

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Whiteford Andy
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:42 AM
To: alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Car Recovered / Electric fuel valves


> Is a 12v solenoid-operated fuel cut-out valve available ?
> 
> something from our friends in aviation, perhaps ?
> 
> I'd love to have a separate circuit with hidden 
> lockswitch for a fuel cut out.
> 
> -Andy-
> (Ser III in mid-air, on a spit)
> 
> >You might consider a well hidden fuel or
> >battery cutoff switch. One of the guys I 
> >work with had his car taken, they
> >found it two blocks away when the fuel ran out.

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