Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 22:57:23 -0700 From: "Christopher A. Nowell" <c_a_nowellnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Starting Problem on '86 900 8-valve
The temperature is a good temperature for water and corrossion, check your fuses for corrosion. "Four Weis" <mweinopsamcom> wrote in message news:389B9BC2.630820D6nopsamcom... > In the morning, after the car has been sitting all night or if the > daytime temperature does not get above25 degrees F, the car starts with > one turn of the key. When the car is warm, i.e. shutoff in the last 15 > minutes it also start with one turn of the key. > > Let the daytime temperature get above 35 degrees and the car will not > start unless I keep cranking the starter for almost 10-15 seconds if the > car has been shutdown between 30 minutes to 9 hours. The problem even > after sitting 9 hours tells me this is not a vapor lock problem. It > seems that the engine is not firing. > > I can guess this is not the fuel pressure since the car starts after > sitting overnight. Does it have something to do with a temperature > sensor? Other than this recent problem, the car has been repair free, > requiring only an $18.00 check valve on the fuel pump in the last year. >
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