When I worked at Champion, we expected that a new car could be started and moved up to 20 times before it got to the customer and reached full operating temperature. It would drive off the end of the assembly line to a holding lot, maybe get moved around there, onto a truck, off the truck, onto a train, etc. And if it's winter, moved around the dealer lot for snow plowing. Sometimes the car would have a leaner fuel strategy for the first few starts to prevent fuel fouling. We would test for pre-delivery fouling by starting the car, immediately revving to WOT for a few seconds, then shutting it off, with a certain soak time before the next start. We were told that this would simulate how the cars were moved in the holding lots.
When I worked at Champion, we expected that a new car could be started and moved up to 20 times before it got to the customer and reached full operating temperature. It would drive off the end of the assembly line to a holding lot, maybe get moved around there, onto a truck, off the truck, onto a train, etc. And if it's winter, moved around the dealer lot for snow plowing. Sometimes the car would have a leaner fuel strategy for the first few starts to prevent fuel fouling.
ReplyDeleteWe would test for pre-delivery fouling by starting the car, immediately revving to WOT for a few seconds, then shutting it off, with a certain soak time before the next start. We were told that this would simulate how the cars were moved in the holding lots.