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Re: cold start? 50 k coming what to look for?
Posted by Dean [Email] (more from Dean) on Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:17:50
In Reply to: cold start? 50 k coming what to look for?, bdorgle, Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:17:19
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Clean the injectors with a large 20 ounce bottle of techron concentrate from auto parts store, use a small bottle every 8K or 3x/year there after. This will improve starting in a day or two, depending on how much you drive.
Fouled or worn plugs will contribute to this as well. Use BCPR6ES11's and gap to .035 - .037. Cheap and easy to do.
A fouled TB might contribute to this. Not hard to do, but removal of the plastic TB inlet pipe takes a bit of time. Don't rush to this until you deal first with plugs and injectors, but cleaning the TB at higher mileage intervals is probably a good idea.
Where are you and how cool are the evenings? We see these problems with the first cool evenings. Low volititliy summer grade fuels are thought to be responsible for fouling and then for low inflamibiltiy when cold with poor injector spray patterns. In many case techron is all that is required. But plug problems can still be a issue.
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