Can an ECM "learn" how to start the car better?

[JTesta1966 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/14/00 11:01:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
smarteney at xlvision.com writes:

<< 'll try to be brief.  At one point, something caused the car to be
 "smoking" rich when cold.  Well, long story drastically shortened, an ECM
 change ('165) was needed because there was no comm.  That ended up making
 the car run world's better under any condition, but only minimally improved
 the sudden cold-start problem.  At least it would start and after a minute
 the idle would smooth out.  Over the next few weeks, the car started better
 and better and now the >>

As I understand it, the computer uses the block learn (or equiv) values to 
remember WHERE its adjustment left off. If say the car was fat, as in your 
case, then when the cell was learned to lean out, that value would be used at 
next startup (say blm was 110, it'd know that it had to remove that % fuel, 
and applied it to warm up) Thats how I understand it, and looks like how it 
is in my car. Its possible you have the injector constant a little off?

If I'm wrong, please correct me so I too may learn.

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