Thomas, You've done a much better job describing the problem than I did. Maybe with the added clarity we'll be able to narrow down the culprit. I wouldn't say I have to feather gas on mine though. A light foot on the pedal and a few seconds does the job for me. It makes those mornings when your late for work a real pain (no time for warm up). Anyway, please let me know what you find out! Thanks, Chris On Aug 17, 2004, at 19:27, Thomas Brobst wrote: > I've fixed so many things on my 84GL 1.9L 4 speed over the last 9 > months I > couldn't possibly list them here. Needless to say I'm really glad to > have > it back on the road. Now that I'm driving it again I realize I missed > it > more than I thought. So here's the last problem. When I start it cold > (not > ambient temperature, but as in "it's been setting for a few hours") it > will > idle but won't "run". If I step on the gas it will bog and stall. I > have to > feather the gas to get the engine revs up. Once they're up it revs > normally > but when it drops back to idle I have the feather the gas again. This > goes > on for up to five minutes depending on how cold the ambient is. I've > put up > with a lot worse in this and other cars but I'm concerned that when the > temperatures start to drop in fall and winter it might start taking a > lot > longer to get it running in the morning. Anybody have any ideas what to > check? The TempII sensor is new, my grounds are clean, the idle > controller > seems to work (it idles worse when it's shunted), the aux air valve > doesn't > do much with the hose open or pinched. Any suggestions would be > appreciated. thx > > Thomas Brobst > |
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