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Old 12-20-03, 01:54 PM
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easy question just cant find it when searching

in the engine bay near the passenger corner i read somewhere that there is some sort of reservoir there that is not needed?
what is it called? how is it removed?

ive searched but without knowing what exactly it is cant find anything thanks
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Cold start assist. Remove it...Yank it out. Cuss at it.. Throw it on the ground and stomp on it.
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sounds good and thanks alot
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J-Rat, you seem awfully angry at parts that are not completely necessary in our cars. Let me know if you need to talk about something. j/k
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Old 12-21-03, 02:08 PM
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J-Rat, you seem awfully angry at parts that are not completely necessary in our cars. Let me know if you need to talk about something. j/k
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is there any side affects of the removal??
i do live in canada after all
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Yeah, especially in Canada. It might clean your engine bay up, and cause your car to run better.
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Re: easy question just cant find it when searching

Originally posted by krazykoncepts
ive searched but without knowing what exactly it is cant find anything thanks
I searched for "reservoir" (your word) in the 2nd Gen section and found several posts just on the first page that answered your question, complete with pics.

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That SUBZERO start sys was addressed in a factory service bulletin. Suggested removing it. Factory service bulletins available at ALLDATA.COM, money required for access to the info.
Old 12-21-03, 07:36 PM
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Lol, I thought you guys would eventually mention taking out the washer fluid tank in the right front engine bay.
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What good does the cold-start assist thing do?
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In a respectful manner......It's the SUB-ZERO STARTING ASSIST DEVICE (except for California). And the bugger was suggested to be REMOVED by a service bulletin. It held a starting fluid. It injected that starting fluid into the intake thru the starting fluid valve IF the temperature was below 4-10.4 degrees F. I love that point four on the 10.4. If it's 10.5 it won't work. Try it out this winter.

The fluid was 90% ethylene glycol antifreeze fluid and 10% wasser. There was/is a oil thermo sensor on the bottom left side of the pan meant for this device. It's near the oil level sensor.

The Cold Start System is another fish altogether.
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Those with turbos could rewire it for water injection.
(That's 50% ethanol solution)
Rig it through a switch to come on at WOT & it will pull your EGT right back down.
(more boost with no knock)
Of course you would need a better injector & location..
Hmm..
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Bzck in the day we rewired them to run on demand (switch) and had a cool james bond thing happening with our RX-3's.
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Originally posted by SureShot
Those with turbos could rewire it for water injection.
Just squirting water into the intake will do nothing. Water injection only works if you spray the water in a very fine mist. You need a proper atomising nozzle and a high-pressure pump.
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