Re: Hard starting with a 4KCSQ

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

In message <4624C75E76CBD111B43500805F6FA8C1030B3946@pai820exch001u.micro.lucent.com> "Smethers, Jeffrey D (Jeffrey)" writes:

> I've been experiencing a problem with cold starts in my '86 4KQuattro.  At
> first start, the car will turn over right away and then promptly stall.  It
> takes several minutes for the car to finally turn over and stay running,
> although it runs quite rough.  Once the car warms up, it runs like a champ.
> I suspect cold start valve, but I'd like to know if others have experienced
> this problem so I know where to look first.

I suspect the cold start valve is about the only thing that's working
properly - that's what it's running on, before it stalls.

It's probably stalling because of low pressure in the fuel system.
Try running a jumper lead from the battery positive to the output
socket of the fuel pump relay, effectively running the pump manually for
half a minute or so.  Then try and start.  If it leaps into action
without missing a beat - that's your problem.

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 Phil Payne
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