I'm not going to play with grounding the cold start valve. But, I will test it. It sounds like the cold start was designed to function a certain way, and not to be toyed with. how about my post on "grounding the starter"? What do you think Rich -- To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to scirocco-L-request@scirocco.org, with your request (subscribe, unsubscribe) in the BODY of the message.