Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:30:15 -0000 From: "GG" <dt97gdnonopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Cold Weather Dependability
"Grunff" <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message news:bu9049$f5fhh$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de... > GG wrote: > > > 8v > > This has the Bosch CIS. When the engine is cold, it uses an extra > injector (the coldstart injector, the one with the blue plug) to > introduce extra fuel. It knows when it's cold using the NTC temperature > sensor (under the inlet manifold somewhere IIRC - it's been a while > since I had an 8v). > > If [a] the injector is faulty, [b] the NTC is faulty, or [c] the wiring > between them has failed, you will have cold start and running problems. > > -- > Grunff In addition if it helps: the car has no problem starting (almost always sparks immediately) when I first get to it, but if it has stalled under the outlined conditions it turns over many times before starting again. Really annoying when you stall at a junction! Cheers, Gwilym.
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