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Offline Dogsbody

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Cold Starting
« on: August 23, 2023, 12:37:03 PM »
Hello all. My Coupe 2000ie is not following the rules on starting from cold! If I turn her over on the starter without touching anything she will eventually stagger into life at very low rpm and require throttle for a couple of minutes to warm up slightly. As she warms up the tickover gradually gets to normal speed.
On the other hand if I spin her over and dab the throttle she starts instantly and has to be held on the throttle until she warms up a bit.
I assume there is some fault in the cold starting mechanism.
Any advice would be welcome!





Offline Neil-yaj396

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Re: Cold Starting
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2023, 08:09:25 AM »
Isn't there an extra cold start injector somewhere? If so this probably isn't working. Otherwise is it a sensor fault; i.e. no signal to the ECU that the engine is cold?

Offline Dogsbody

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Re: Cold Starting
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2023, 10:37:39 AM »
Hi Neil. You are correct but I confess I don't know how to check!
Thanks, David.