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delkins, here is what you can do, without your mechanic.
1. Raise engine lid,
2. Loosen two rubber straps for the air filter cover, and lift off the filter,
3. Turn on ignition, do not crank/start engine,
4. Reach into the open air box, locate the bend of the sensor plate arm (a curved metal piece that is the only obvious, easy to see, component inside the plastic air box). Lift that arm, gently, about an 1/8" to a 1/4", and then quickly release it (its possible to flood the engine doing this so be quick!). While the arm was raised did you hear the FV buzz?
...yes. The freq valve system is functional.
...no. The freq valve system must be diagnosed.
Post what you find. BTW; the symptom for a faulty/not functional freq valve is hard cold starting, and very bad running for the first five or six minutes following a cold start - unless someone has tried to put a bandage on cancer and set up the fuel mixture to work without the valve (very bad technique).
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Last edited by Peter Zimmermann; 11-01-2011 at 02:14 PM..
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