Audi 80 troubleshooting

[Lawrence C Leung]

My recollection of Carborated cars is that they really hated to start
from dead cold. So, I think you car sounds, normal.

LL - NY

On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:23:46 +0100 Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> writes:
>Hi all,
>
>As you might know, I am now driving a FWD Audi 80 of the type 89 
>persuasion. It's an '87 1.8 with a carb and O2-sensorless cat. Good 
>feature 
>of this car is that, however badly-maintained it might have been 
>(which I'm 
>currently busy rectifying) it always starts 'on the button'- i.e at 
>the 
>first flick of the key.
>Always? No- when it's stood for more than one day, it's almost 
>impossible 
>to start. It does start after a couple of minutes' cranking (new 
>battery, 
>luckily) and runs fine afterward.
>
>What gives?
>It's got a mechanical fuel pump- no priming, no failure. It's got a 
>carb- 
>no fuel pressure leakdown. It might need new plugs, plug wires, rotor, 
>oil, 
>oil filter etc. but when it runs, it runs as smoothly as I've ever 
>heard an 
>old 255k km carb engine run (i.e almost inaudible).
>
>Any good ideas? This rather spoils my story of the 'perfect' $60 car, 
>so 
>I'd like to fix it...
>
>Thanks a lot for your suggestions!
>
>Tom
>The Netherlands 
>