On or around Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:18:15 +0000 (UTC), "Tim.."
enlightened us thusly:

It sounds to me as if its trying to run on petrol and gas at the same time
when starting from hot for some reason. This would definately be the case if
the exhaust is smokey and it smells of excess fuel when you are having the
problems. The Emulator and or wiring is up the spout for whatever reason..


IME, this results in it not working at all, but it varies according to make,
no doubt. Had this fault on the Ford when the relay that was supposed to
cut the petrol stopped working (w*nker of an installer put it underneath the
car, so of course the terminals corroded off it) and the result was that it
died within seconds of changeover, but ran OK on petrol (obviously).


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