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Subject:hard to start in the morning
From:Dan N
Date:Sat, 5 Nov 2016 07:47:47 -0700

hi all,

1988 Carat, 2.1 WBX manual trans - engine takes time to fire up in the
morning. It happens only once on the morning, every day.

I am in Southern California, ambient temp. is about 60°F - strong cranking
- no black smoke or gas smell once it's started - never happen again during
the day.

replaced in February 2016:

- fuel pressure regulator
- spark plugs
- dist. cap and rotor
- hard start relay from Jay Brown
- new starter from VC (rear reduction style)
- all vacuum hoses
- AFM has 20µF capacitor inside
- one year old ignition switch

it just happened recently and I checked at everything... so could you
please tell what to look at next?

thanks in advance

dan