22 replies to this topic

[Deceptacon]

As above?I can't remember a time where I could start my car without the choke out even a little!Is the choke there to be used every time you first start it?

[Clubby1275GT]

in winter you will find you may need a bit of choke, as for a boiling hot day like today i dont need it at all, it fires up first turn of the starter motor!
i find with mine it depends on how cold the air is, like in the evening it might take a couple of turn overs to fire up, but each engine i imagine is different, can depend on fuel and air mixture and i imagine on condition of the engine.

[Pie]

i dont, and if you have a webber on you should need 2 pumps of the the accellerator and it should fire up 1st time

[]GoD[Zander]

never had to use the choke even in cold weather starts first time everytime. i must be lucky

[Ria]

Mine doesn't have a choke any more since I pulled the knob a bit too hard and broke it

[Jimmyarm]

Mine needs a little choke or a press on the gas to get her going in this weather for the first start of the day, after that she is ok.

[Teapot]

Huey will start without choke but won't run even at fast idle for about 45 secs without choke, regardless of the weather.
(He has just been checked out on a Krypton tuner so his settings are ok.)
This is why Peggy is so useful in keeping the revs up a bit without enriching the mixture

[Jimmyarm]

Huey will start without choke but won't run even at fast idle for about 45 secs without choke

Does the idle go up and down at all ? Just thinking you might have a 'leak' somewhere either where the carb joins the manifold or manifold joins the head, happened on my mates car when we put the stage one bits on her.

[ryan69]

My dad nearly broke the choke cable when he tried to yank it off, but fixed it by spraying WD40 on a spring on the cable which has fixed it and is now running perfectly - no high idleing or nothing.

[1984mini25]

never had to use the choke even in cold weather starts first time everytime. i must be lucky

Sounds like its running way to rich, not good for the engine of fuel consumption plus it "could" also fail an emissions test for the mot.

[Barnett]

Me mini does not start first time either without the choke in the mornings, but if i start her up a few times a day she is coool and starts without...

but i did read about idling high!! mine idles at 2000rpm, then back down to about 700, pretty annoying really, but ive got used to it!! same as choke using all year round, but never tried the two pushes of the gas pedal...( might try that one 2mo!! ) if i remememememember!!


I think we all think we are alone with our little mini problems... mini!!!

[syholl]

You shouldn't really be able to start a car with no choke, even in this warm weather. If you can then the fuelling is probably a little rich at idle...

[Barnett]

lmao!! so whats what????? good with choke or not...???

funny isn't it!! mini!!

[Sam]

My 1275 needs choke until its warmed up regardless of weather (but if the weathers hot, it means it comes off choke a lot quicker)..

But I find the 998's don't really need hardly any choke, only in winter..

[Dog]

I always give a little choke... as the Mini runs like a dog otherwise, although she starts, she don't like moving!!