Starting Warm Blues

[jgoeke@hq.walldata.com (Goeke, Joseph)]

>I've got the *warm* (not hot) start problem in my '81 4k.  The
>problem, though, seems to be flooding, not lack of fuel - at least
>this is what I concluded b/c of the cloud of petrol smoke when it
>finally catches after I drop the wiring off the C/S injector.  My
>question:  I never have this problem when hot, only after leaving
>the car for maybe 4 hours;  if it's the thermo-time switch staying
>closed all the time, why does it start ok when hot?  Is this b/c the
>excess fuel vaporises faster & therefore isn't a problem?  Has anyone
>had a problem with a ther/time switch going closed circuit all the
>time?

Sounds just like my problem on my 83 QTC.  I too have intercepted the 
control wire for the cold start valve, and can get it to start by 
manipulating it.  My thremo time switch appears to be working.  I tested it 
with a ohm meter when cold (short) and hot (>150 ohms) so I think it is ok.

Talked to a bunch of experts this last weekend, at the PIR event, and a lot 
of them suggested it could be leaky injectors.  Makes sense, as the car sits 
there it slowly gets flooded, and continues to be that way until all the 
pressure in the system is gone, which could take a few hours.

I'm going to pull mine and checkem.   ---JCG