cold starting & misc.

[Ameer Antar]

check the warm-up regulator, it's like a CIS choke. It's probably dead, 
giving you no 'choke' in the morning. The right way to check the regulator 
is w/ a special CIS fuel pressure gauge. The cheapest I could get it was 
for $55 at JCWhitney. I had a similar problem and I had the mixture set 
extra rich while it was broken. So I got mediocre cold running w/ rich 
normal running. You can adjust the mixture by turning the 3mm allen head 
screw in the fuel dist. I don't recommend doing it unless you can get it 
back to the right position, b/c you want to have a proper adjustment when 
you get things in shape. To set the mixture, you need a dwell or duty cycle 
meter. The warm-up regulators can be expensive, but really need to be new. 
Old ones usually have burnt up heating elements and will have more 
problems. Check www.thepartsconnection.com good luck.

-ameer


At 12:32 AM 12/13/2000 , you wrote:
>Hello all, looking for advice.
>
>On my 1984 4ksq, it never wants to idle when cold.  After it is run for a
>bit it is excellent, idles well and all.  I was wondering what I should
>check or repair to get the cold start system working correctly.  Here in
>Montana it is pretty darn cold, recently highs in single digits and the
>lows in the negative teens, pretty cold when you come from Seattle.  Plus
>the dealer service rates a bit lower here too.
>
>Any advice on how to get open a door which doesn't open from either inside
>or out?  I don't think it is iced shut, but has some flaw with the opening
>mechanism.
>
>While I am thinking about it.  The cruise doesn't work either.  It took
>awhile to remember this one, but the A/C doesn't work either.  Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks
>
>Brad
>jbr at montana.edu
>
>1984 4ksq (first Audi for me)
>
>