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Date:         Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:37:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Jonathan Edwards <edwards151@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jonathan Edwards <edwards151@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      it's cold in MT and my van won't start
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I tried to start up my '85 weekender this morning (19 degrees F in Bozeman) and she turned over fine and ran for a bit, then kind of bogged down and died. I repeated a few times with my foot on the gas, trying to keep the RPMs high but the same thing happened. I've noticed on other cold mornings (not this cold) that the van will start fine, but I have to keep my foot on the gas petal slightly to keep RPMs up or it will die, until it gets warmed up. Ideally, I'd like to be able to go out, start it up and let it run unattended for 10 minutes to warm up (while I go back inside). There is some kind of a cold-start valve that controls idle RPMs when the engine is cold, right? Sounds like this needs to be looked at? But that doesn't explain why the motor dies when I am physically there with my foot on the gas. There's also the "thermo time switch" - maybe that has something to do with my problem? I've got a Bentley, but have yet to have time to really get into it and understand how to use it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Jon


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