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Old 08-13-2009, 01:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How much fuel need to start engine?

Hello Experts,

I wanna know how much fuel need, to start engine of a Bike and a Car?
What about the electric starter of bikes? What is the process in this case? Could you pls share your knowledge.

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The answer depends on the specific bike and car engine.

But for a 1.0L 3-cylinder fuel-injected gasoline engine:

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the additional fuel consumed by restarting your engine is equivalent to about 0.2 seconds of idling.
Hope that helps. There's additional information in this thread:

How much fuel does it take to re-start a warm engine?


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