Cold start issues continue (84 4000 quattro)
Johnny B
pre95 at live.com
Wed Aug 11 06:06:35 PDT 2010
Well thus far no luck. I have scoured the engine compartment for vac leaks, fixed one which corrected my high idle, but still have my cold start issue. The coolant temperature switch came in yesterday (that mounts between cylinders #1 and #2 on the bottom of the coolant neck leading in to the head), I installed it and this morning, still a bad cold start.
Once the car is started, my idle is rock solid, does not wonder, and I have good power up to ~5k which seems fine for a JT. No running condition issues once started. I did notice this morning when it first started, I touched the gas pedal to bring the R's up and it simply died. I restarted and let it idle for ~30 seconds and all apparent running conditions went away.
Someone had mentioned the fuel pressure regulator could be at fault, specifically the "warm up regulator on the fuel head" which I am uncertain as to what he means. There are 2 "fuel regulator" pieces near the fuel distributor, the vacuum regulated piece mounted towards the front of the car in front of the fuel distributor, and the FPR mounted directly to the fuel distributor that has 2 wires leading to it.
Any insight greatly appreciated, I know I have said it but it's very annoying having a car that is otherwise well sorted and good running with a bad cold start.
Johnny
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