Which outcome occurs when variable valve timing fails during cold engine start?

💡 Explanation

Increased unburned fuel occurs because optimized combustion through variable valve timing is lost, hindering complete fuel oxidation within the cylinders; therefore increased hydrocarbon emissions occur, rather than effects on catalyst, back pressure, or pumping, because unburnt vapours remain in exhaust.

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