Re: '91-90q20v cold start issues

["Robert Dalton" <rpdalton@onebox.com>]

My hard starting is definitely due to a weak fuel
pump.  I was in Pennsylvania recently and my 1990
Audi 100 started and ran well in cold weather,
but only if the fuel pump ran like it is supposed
to when the key is switched to on (before starting).
 When the pump gets lazy and fails to run for 3
seconds when the ignition is switched on,  the
result is lots of cranking and hard starting. 
Maybe you've got the same weak fuel pump problem.

-- 
Robert Dalton
rpdalton@onebox.com - email
(703) 234-3969 x1020 - voicemail/fax



---- "Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu> wrote:
> As the weather gets colder here in Chicagoland,
> I'm experiencing something
> new in the 91 90q20v: cold start problems.
> 
> Have to actually crank it for several seconds
> before it catches and starts
> up.  This is new to me--didn't happen until a
> few days ago, and doesn't
> happen at all on my 4kq.
> 
> What's going on here?
> 
>                                Windows NT crashed.
>                                I am the Blue
> Screen of Death.
>                                No one hears your
> screams.
>                                -- Peter Rothman
> 
> 
> 

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