PS -- I don't really think they will, as the lambda sensor should not
affect starting; but getting it out of the circuit when
troubleshooting is a very good thing to do, as it can confuse things amazingly.

Yours,
David

At 05:53 PM 12/4/2009, mordo wrote:
>component to cause this condition under the conditions described above? BTW,
>the engine was running very nicely prior to this folly.

Unhook your O2 sensor and see if things improve...

Yours,
David