Starting The Engine

[Elbbie]

Hi guys,

On a general R34 manual, it has the instructions for starting the Engine...

One of the steps is this:

Push the accelerator pedal half-way to the floor and hold it there while starting the engine

Is this step really necessary?

What could happen if you don't?

Edited October 3, 2009 by Elbbie

[Moodles2]

Probably a Japan-only thing, much colder climate, harder to start I'm guessing.

[Trozzle]

My reccommendation, is that unless you're having troubles starting the engine without that step, DON'T do it.

When an engine first kicks over, there is no oil pressure. Giving it some throttle will probably cause it to rev a little more than necessary, in turn causing that little bit more wear on various internals.

While it's been cold here in Canberra, I've had the occasional occurance of my engine coming very close to stalling immediately after starting it, simply tapping the throttle gets the revs back up and it will idle correctly.

Hope that helps

[Elbbie]

Hey Trozzle, could I ask what you're Idle revs are on Cold starts? Also what are the revs for stall?

I've got an Auto and I have noticed that the revs never fall below 1,000 even on idle, which is curious because our other cars, idle is around 700-800

Is this normal for the car?

[mad082]

it should idle a bit lower that that. i would suggest adjusting the idle screw to lower the idle. this is best done in base idle mode as if you just do it with the engine running the ecu will try and adjust the idle to where it was. i think that for the r34 you have to get the car up to temp then turn it off, disconnect the TPS and then start the car. i'm not 100% sure that is the way though, but i know it is for the pulsar which uses the same consult system. but i just use a consult cable and a consult program to lock it into base idle mode