89 Audi 200 QT - Cold Start Valve

[Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)]

[Pulled cold start valve to see if it was leaking and spraying Ok.  When I
cranked car the cold start valve waited a few seconds and then sprayed out a
fine mist.  No leakage noted. Waited a few minutes and cranked the car again
and the cold start valve immediately sprayed.  

Query:  Seems to me that the cold start valve should not have a delay - is
this normal?

Additional info.  Let car sit overnight and used volt/ohm meter on cold
start connection.  Noted that I got approximately .37 volts on initial long
crank which jumped up to 12 volts just about the time the engine caught.
Not sure what volts it takes to trigger cold start valve but .37 doesn't
seem strong enough to trigger anything.

Any help appreciated.

Kevin]

If I recall correctly 9diagnosing a CIS-E/'85 4000Q, the cold start injector
does not necessarily fire when starter cranked, but there is a delay
mechanism to keep the engine from flooding.  The delay was like 15 sec, but
refer to Bently for the exact test.  

Probably if you were testing from stone cold, hadn't touched the Ignition
yet engine, you would see the injector spray for a second then stop and not
spray again til the car was cranked for some time - whatever the delay is.

So yours sound normal to me.