Subject: [V6-12v] Hesitation at first start

Tom Christiansen tomchr at ee.washington.edu
Fri Jul 30 22:19:24 EDT 2004


At 07:20 PM 7/29/2004, Dr. Adam Gratz wrote:
>No. The classic cats going is a loss of power throughout the power band.

Then that's probably not the case on mine yet...

>The question
>is, does this only happen when cold?

Yep. Only when cold. Only on the first start.

>Sounds like a fouled
>plug to be honest with you, or a leaking or clogged injector.

The plugs have slightly less than 10k miles on them. I replaced them using 
OEM parts (the weird 3-electrode Bosch).

>  Get some BG-44
>fuel system cleaner from Napa or your favorite independent shop. Techron is
>ok too.

I'll try that.  Thanks for your advice.

Tom 



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