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  1. 7th March 2013, 10:37 AM #1
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    Question Hard Cold Starts

    Am getting pretty peed off at the moment with really hard 1st up starts with this "colder" s.e. Qld weather. Just about flattened the battery this am, & then didn't get it started before I stopped to let it rest a bit. It turns over no worries at all but doesn't seem to fire & there's plenty of fuel getting through as I can smell it.
    I stress again it's only the 1st start-up of the day but it is getting harder to start & this is the 1st time it hasn't started, & just to top it off it's raining again & I don't have any undercover area
    Any ideas anyone, real stuff that is, not should've bought this or get rid of it & get something else please.

    ps - its a 1996 3.9
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  2. 7th March 2013, 11:23 AM #2
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    I you can smell fuel you have flooded it, don't pump the accelerator before or during start up.
    Maybe due for a tune-up, new set of plugs and leads, check your spark is healthy, check the vacuum diaphram in dissy is working, start there if no result post up again, regards Frank.
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  3. 7th March 2013, 04:28 PM #3
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    Just had RACQ out & they got it going in 5min, pulled fuel pump fuse, turned it over (almost started), put fuse back in & away it went. He seemed to think it might be a fuel temp sensor as the choke was staying on & flooding it.
    Where would I find this sensor, if it has one??
    Thanks


    hmm maybe I should be saying "thermistor" not sensor, 6 of one & half a dozen of other
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