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Subject:Re: cold start skipping
From:James V
Date:Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:49:35 -0800

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Dave Lindemann <d_g_lindemann@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The van is great but it takes a few minutes to warm up.  It starts right up, but there is an engine skip when it first starts up.  If I let it run for 3 or 4 minutes, the skip goes away and off I go.  If I try to drive with the skip, it is very difficult not to stall and the van bucks with extremes of stopping and going.

Having a similar problem w/ my 86 Syncro, even after new Temp 2 sensor
and O2 Sensor.  Pugs/wire/cap/rotor also new.  Going to clean grounds
next, then dive into the AFM.  But I'm interested in any continued
advice to feed the back of my little brain.

Thanks,

James V
86 Syncro Westy

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