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Subject:Re: Cold start issue
From:Rob
Date:Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:17:25 -0700

That's 55 degrees F, that's cold and you know it starts well when
cold, drive it & warm it up to when you have the start problem and
test it then.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  6/6/2011 10:50 AM,Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>Reads 3.4K ohm @ 13 degrees C, which is smack dab in the middle of the
>expected correct reading per figure on Bentley page 24.19.
>
>So I must look elsewhere for cause of trouble.
>
>On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 13:59 -0400, David Beierl wrote:
>
> > At 01:22 PM 6/5/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> > >Stupid thing. I already replaced it once, about four years ago. What's
> > >up with that part? Lousy design?
> >
> > Good to have a spare, even though the 1.9l ones cost more than the
> > 2.1l.  But certainly no harm to unplug/replug, exercise the
> > connection.  And to get more information, before you do that wait
> > overnight then unplug the ECU and do the resistance check on 24.20,
> > third step.  If you get a reading at that plug that's within spec for
> > the temperature (see previous page) it would suggest TII is not the
> > problem.  If it's out of spec, check/clean connection at sender, see
> > if that fixes.
> >
> > Yrs,
> > David
> >