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Subject:Rough starting in cold weather
From:Gary McEachern
Date:Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:51:01 EST

This is my first winter with my 87GL. It had been starting and running well
until the temperature started to drop brlow freezing. When starting up the
engine up cold, with the temperature below 30 F, the engine misses and
barely runs for the first minute or so. I have to give it throttle just to
keep it running. After I run it at 1500 rpm for 30-45 seconds it idles and
runs OK.

A month ago I replaced the temp 2 sender. This fixed another problem I had
with the engine cutting out momentarily as the engine warmed up. Seemed to
run OK after I replaced the sender but the weather wasn't that cold at the
time. Could the new temp sender be causing the engine to run so rich when
cold that it could foul the plugs? What's the possibility of getting a bad
sender?

Any suggestions regarding what might be causing this would be greatly
appreciated.

Gary

Gary McEachern, Reading Ma.
'84GL Sunroof
'87GL Wolfsburg Weekender
'75 Spitfire

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