poor starting q

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <Pine.HPX.4.02A.9808201306420.11150-100000@hp25-atm.cpdc.ece.nwu.edu> "Mark L. Chang" writes:

> patient: 87 4kcsq
>
> symptoms:
>
> on a cold start, she'll start fine idle at 1k for a few seconds, then drop
> down to near zero, at which point she'll just sputter and cough for a few
> more ugly seconds... then, she'll kick in some gas and send the rpms to 2k
> for a brief moment, then finally settle into 800 rpm....
>
> very annoying ... time for wires/plugs change and other tune-up stuffs?

The symptoms are of mild fuel starvation caused by partial leakdown
clearing with travel through the system.  Get a residual pressure
check performed by a fuel injection specialist.

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