

| Subject: | Simple starting problem? |
| From: | Les Shiaman |
| Date: | Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:34:34 -0800 |
Listees - Happy 2002! I have a question about my 1.9l wbx. It always starts cold, but after driving a few miles and warming up and stopping and say eating lunch I'll go out and it often takes a LONG time to fire up. Starter is strong, battery too. I get the feeling there is some flooding happening because I smell unburnt fuel after several turnovers. Sometimes I press the gas pedal other times no, and sometimes I'll get her started after several pumps on the gas..just don't see that pattern yet. If I wait 10, 20 minutes she'll fire up. Often times after a drive when I arrive home for curiosity I try to fire up after parking and cutting the engine. Most of the time it won't fire up again. It had new plugs, wires and cap a year ago (5k miles ago). Sometimes idle is a little high, but usually drops after a time. I don't believe timing is an issue. I live in a temperate coastal climate so I don't believe weather is an issue. Well, that's about the extent of it. Thanks for any advice. Les '84 Westy ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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