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All Things Fiero => Tech Tips, Tech Questions => Topic started by: GTRS Fiero on December 30, 2019, 10:26:22 pm

Title: EFE valve?!
Post by: GTRS Fiero on December 30, 2019, 10:26:22 pm
What is it?  Never heard of an EFE valve, but maybe it goes by a different name.
Title: Re: EFE valve?!
Post by: Fierofool on December 30, 2019, 10:59:10 pm
Early Fuel Evaporation Valve according to Google.

On start-up, a vacuum motor acts to close a heat valve in the exhaust manifold which causes exhaust gases to enter the intake manifold heat riser passages.
Title: Re: EFE valve?!
Post by: GTRS Fiero on December 31, 2019, 03:02:11 pm
So, not the EVRV.

No idea where this EFE valve is on the Fiero, unless it's the valve in the tank on the sender.
Title: Re: EFE valve?!
Post by: Fierofool on December 31, 2019, 05:17:13 pm
It was generally used on carburated engines.
Title: Re: EFE valve?!
Post by: GTRS Fiero on December 31, 2019, 07:33:37 pm
Of course, I discovered the EFE valve in the FSM.
Title: Re: EFE valve?!
Post by: Fierofool on December 31, 2019, 07:51:13 pm
Come to think of it, there was something on the 4 cylinders that worked similarly.  There was a shield around the exhaust pipe that had a hose that ran up to the intake snorkel or breather neck.  I think it might have been called a Thermac.  I still have part of an exhaust system with that shield on the pipe.  It helped to keep the carb or throttle body from icing before the whole engine warmed up.