Miles Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Electric Choke Shorted on Edelbrock 1406 Carb? During the electrical check out before firing the recently installed SBC in my 240Z I noticed that the electric choke was almost too hot to touch. The engine had not been run. The choke is correctly wired with the red + wire hooked to a 12 volt source. The black wire on the choke is attached to ground. I am assuming that there must be a short inside the choke. Any ideas? Thanks Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlerMonkey Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Is this a round housing? If so, it has a heater coil in it acting on the bi-metal spring. This causes the choke to turn off sooner since it is usually only needed for the first few seconds of running rather than the 8 minutes it would take for conduction to heat the spring through the carb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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