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Re: Rough Start



If you haven't changed lately:  put a new distributor cap & rotor on it -- mine
is finally idling pretty well cold after those two things......

I guess at 200K miles things are finally wearing out..... ;-)

-Mike-
'85 4KSQ
200K + (with the broken odometer)

> Shane-
>
> One possibility - check for vacuum leaks.  How's the brake pedal feel
> after having set for a while?  If no assist, then sure bet that the
> accumulator has no pressure, and there's definitely a leak somewhere.
>
> Good luck!
> -David
>
> > ----------
> > From: 	Shane Allen Snyder[SMTP:snyders2@pilot.msu.edu]
> > Sent: 	Monday, November 3, 1997 1:43 AM
> > To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> > Subject: 	Rough Start
> >
> > Hello...    My '86 4kcsq often idles rough immediately after starting.
> > Once it
> > has run for a while it purrs like a cat.  Is there anything I should
> > check or
> > adjust???  I watched the exhaust while my wife started it (cold) and I
> > saw zero
> > smoke, even though it idled poorly...    Any thoughts???
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > *---> Shane Snyder (snyders2@pilot.msu.edu) <---*
> >
> >
>-- End of excerpt from Dave Shreeve



-- 
Michael C. Watz
CSD
Non-hp-ftcollins
mike_watz@fc.hp.com