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Struggles with CI continue Posted by Saana88 [Email]  (#207)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Saana88) on Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:03:29
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Okay, it's now colder than cold and my usual enthusiasm for driving has been killed. First, I can't get enough warm air on the rear windows to melt the ice that has formed there on the insides. Vapor sticks there and won't defrost so it freezes. The temperature gauge won't go above halfway under any circumstance and usually hovers around a third in this weather. I asked before and will ask again- is it worth changing to a warmer-value (cold weather non-turbo) thermostat for these conditions? The radiator and fans and soon everything else in the cooling system will be healthy. I put a second person in the car and the normally wonderful defroster suddenly feels inadequate with having to use speed 2 or 3 almost continually. Anything wrong here?
Second problem, and it's becoming big in a hurry. 8 valve, non-turbo, CI is crap.
In extremely cold weather say 10 Fahrenheit and below when the car has been sitting for eight to ten hours overnight, the car won't start right at all. It cranks strong, fires, then immediately dies. Repeat that process, floor the accelerator, and it'll run on two and a half cylinders at idle or a little better once you get it above 2000 RPM. Warm up regulator or cold start valve? I've had it with this "runs fine under a few circumstances and rotten in all other" CI crap. You'd think that after making this engine for seven years they'd get all the cold start bugs worked out?
I've got a replacement thermoswitch and I'll put it in when I overhaul the cooling system but that has to wait until the temps get over 35 and I can work.
I would check the warm up regulator but I don't own the test equipment. I would check the cold start injector but it's colder than a freezer outside.
'lil help?
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