'87 5KCSTQ reluctant to start cold

[David Michael]

Patrick

You need to remove the fender liner to get access to all the bits inside the rf fender.

Read Scott Mockery's site and search on cold start. Bentley also has a section on hard starting. Usually it a vacuum leak. Some common sources - injector seals, oil breather hose ( side of engine), cracked igloo. 

Good luck

Dave (now audi-less after 18 years with a 200)

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> On Jan 8, 2015, at 3:14 PM, patrick gillen <pat_gillen at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> I was wondering about that as we had to take the fuel distributor boot off
> to do a clutch job last summer and it has run fine until the weather got
> colder.  
> How in the sam hill does one get into the rf fender where all those mystery
> parts are? On putting it back together back then I fumbled around and think
> I got the large vacuum hose somewhat reconnected to whatever but I can't be
> sure how well as not even braile could be used. I asked the son to look in
> the wheel well the other day for an access panel and he saw none but I
> should take a look.  Any tidbits beyond pulling the fuel distributor/all
> injectors and kid glove handling all vs breaking all the rotted fuel hoses
> so another one burns to the ground? 
> 
>