[Brian Mifsud]

Still working out bugs in my '76 2.0

Car was flooding (like 1/4" fuel in intake manifold) before I disconnected the cold start valve. I have yet to test the valve to see if it is faulty by removing it and sticking it in a jar (per Dave Darlings recommendations). Questions:

Are there any conditions inwhich a GOOD cold start valve would still flood intake manifold (i.e. it is "told" to stay open??)

My ECU has no numbers identifying it on the exterior that I can find (although someone went nuts with a rattle can of black paint all over the engine at some time in its history) Are the numbers identifying the ECU stamped into the housing? Are they inside on the mother board? I'm pretty sure its the WRONG ECU becuase the mounting brackets don't match up with the firewall mounts.

Also, once hot, the engine doesn't want to maintain idle and becomes exceedingly hard to restart after it eventually quits (like after 10 minutes of driving). Am I barking down the wrong tree checking my head temp gauge?

thanks

Brian