Trouble starting

[pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)]

Add beer Mike, like the huge jug you had when you pulled in at Cincy.

Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote:  I"ll be taking a look at the CSV this weekend. After watching an injector
test (and holding one while it was done) at Cincy (on the "new" 16v that was
there) it seems rather straight forward and I do remember seeing it
mentioned in the Bibl... er, Bentley.

Thanks for the input, ppl. I'll update when I know what the CSV is doing.

On 6/23/06, C Boyko wrote:
>
> > My first instinct is to look at fuel; but the Cold Start Valve
> > (aka: 5th injector) isn't really all that important in moderate
> > temperatures, might not even kick in.
> > You wrote that the car starts fine when hot, but poorly "when it's
> > been sitting a while".
> >
> See, my 16V would not start at all when sitting, even in moderate weather,
> without the cold start valve working. In my case, the car had been at a
> shop, and the mechanic had switched the plug on the cold start valve with
> another nearby two prong device, and swapping the wiring back cured the
> problem, but I figured it out after finding that the cold start valve was
> not spraying at all.
> And agreed, jumpering the fuel pump relay is useful method to help with
> diagnosis. Especially on a 16V, there are lots of things that could make
> it
> misbehave, but the fact that it starts well warm may rule out some things
> at least. So that's a good thing.
> Cathy
>
>


-- 
Mike
'86 red 16v: Red 5 (aka der Jahrtausendfeierfalke)
"The world is my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum." - King Crimson
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