Re: Cold start valve bad? A4000 CSQ

[Steve Manning <stephenm@ix.netcom.com>]

At 11:47 AM 6/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Steve Dambrowski wrote:
>
>> Car: 1986 Audi 4000 CS Quattro
>> Miles: 130k
>> 
>>   Some time ago, the car started having trouble starting. It would start,
>> but I had to keep pumping the gas or it would stall. Once the car warmed
>> up, (30-60 sec) everything was fine. This lead me to think the cold start
>> valve could be bad.
>> 
>>   Well, today, I go out to start the car, and it won't start.
>> It acts like it's not getting any fuel. Could the valve have just died?
>> Last night it was fine, (well, acted the same as
>> above) and this morning, nothing. I'm going to try and remove the valve
>> and see if any fuel comes out
>
>  Ok, I checked the fuel supply from the pump, and fuel is getting to the
>engine. I then removed the cold start valve, and *NO* fuel sprayed out
>when I tried to start the car. The repair book says fuel should spray out,
>but I'm not getting anything. (FWIW, the car hasn't been started for about
>12 hours) 
>
> Any thoughts? Does it seem to be a bad valve?
>
>
>                STEve
>

Cold start valve should spray up to 10 seconds, depending on temperature
(there is a graph in the Bentley).  Check one thing first - make sure the
connector to the cold start valve is getting the voltage signal to indicate
it should open (need a multimeter to check).  If it is not, you need to
check wiring.  It it is, the cold start valve is bad.  Let me know if you
want more details from the Bentley (I have it at home).  Car would be VERY
hard to start cold w/o the valve working........SLM

Steve Manning:	stephenm@ix.netcom.com (Metro D.C. area, USA)
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