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for some reason when i start my car no matter hot or cold the choke light inside flashes and makes an anoying ticking sound, anyone know what the problem could be ? its a q jet carb with electric choke...
So you mean the ticking is coming from the engine and not the light flashing, correct? The ticking sound is the Fuel Mixture Solenoid in your Qjet. If you turn the ignition to "On" the ticking starts and lasts for several minutes. Why your light blinks is a mystery to me. Take off your air cleaner and see if the wire is hooked to the choke. There should be a constant voltage to the choke. You can take a test light and with the ignition to "on" check and see if your getting voltage.
no but it wont stop, the choke light keeps flashing, and everytime the lights comes on it makes a click, but the light is what the problem is, why does it keep flashing ?
the ticking is coming from the dash it seems behind the light, the light flashes fast (a few times a second) and sometimes slower (one time a second) and very faint can only see it at night, i checked voltage with the car on and its just below 14 volts...
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