Re: shock and brake musings, cold start question, '90 200 qw

[Colin Hames <cchames@mm.com>]

Dave Michael wrote:

> Now, for a question. Up until yesterday afternoon, we have had very warm
> weather her in new England (~60-70F). Yesterday, it dropped to ~35, and when I
> went out to the car from work, it first started and died, then wouldn't catch
> at all, then started an died a few times, then finally started and ran fine. I
> checked for error codes, there were none. I have not yet checked the intake air
> temp sensor, which is my first suspicion. The other would be the could start
> injector or the warm up-regulator. Any other suggestions of things I should
> check?

Check your fuel pump relay.  I had a '88 5CST that had a similiar
problem.  The cold start valve was getting power.  You can do power off
output check to verify if the cold start is working.

colin
cchames@mm.com
'86 5tqw