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

[Dan Cordon]

"Louis A. Mulieri" wrote:

> 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

One more note on the subject.....on mine I'm pretty sure it's got leaky injectors. It
has all the symptoms, and that was my final diagnosis. However, when it's cold
outside, the cold start injector is actually able to start the car just fine. It runs
lean the first few seconds while the lines are building up pressure, but it does start
right up.

I was planning to live with the problem until I switched to the new 034 EFI system,
but hearing about Viton tip injectors for $35!!! Please, where are these at? For that
price, I'd probably just fix the darn things!

--Dan Cordon