Long Starts (Was '885KCSTQ Long cranking above 75 F ambient temp.)

[Louis A. Mulieri]

Thanks Dan,
	You and Ben Swan Swann came up with the same suggestion. Is
there a way to confirm your diagnosis without taking the injectors out?
I'm really trying to avoid taking the injectors out because it
looks to me like I'd have to take off the intake manifold to get at
them because of the turbo clutter. Am I missing something here?
        What do you think about testing the empty injector line theory by
opening one or two at the fuel distributor end to look for fuel before a
cold morning start and again before a hot morning start?
	Can you explain why the lines don't fill by just keeping the key in ON
position for a while before cranking? I have already tried this as well as turning
it on and off a few times (thinking that the cold start selenoid was not being
activated long enough) and neither makes a difference.

Thanks again,
Lou

 On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Dan Cordon wrote:

> Hi Lou,
>
> I've been reading about your hot start problem. Mine does a very similar
> thing. What I've diagnosed is leaky injectors. With the CIS system, the
> fuel pump delivers fuel to the distributor. However, when the lines from
> the fuel distributor to the engine leak out, it takes some time to fill
> them again. This is only done when cranking, not by cycling the key on
> and off.
>
> It's actually a pretty common problem on all CIS systems with higher
> miles. I think injectors are about $50. You can test them, but it's a
> pain to get them out. I'm eventually going to do EFI, so I'm just living
> with the long starts for now.
>
> Hope that helps some.
>
> -- Dan Cordon
>