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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 03:30 PM
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Unhappy cold starting problems

anyone offer any advice please.
about once a week, my 98 uk turbo wont start from cold. it just fires once,and if you dont catch the throttle straight away, it dies, and will not even fire again for a good 5 minutes, then eventually splutters into life, and runs very rough (wont tick over) until its warmed up a bit.
most of the time it starts ok,but tick s over a bit rough until warm.
done an ecu reset and checked maf. had plugs changed 3000 mls ago.
always seems to fail me when there is a crowd around too,like leaving work today and it wouldnt go.
any ideas please?
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p.s. car standard apart from full de-cat.
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 09:17 PM
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Try changing temp sensor could be sendind wrong info to the ecu effecting cold start etc.
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anyone offer any advice please.
about once a week, my 98 uk turbo wont start from cold. it just fires once,and if you dont catch the throttle straight away, it dies, and will not even fire again for a good 5 minutes, then eventually splutters into life, and runs very rough (wont tick over) until its warmed up a bit.
most of the time it starts ok,but tick s over a bit rough until warm.
done an ecu reset and checked maf. had plugs changed 3000 mls ago.
always seems to fail me when there is a crowd around too,like leaving work today and it wouldnt go.
any ideas please?
cheers.
p.s. car standard apart from full de-cat.
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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cheers, but where is temp sensor? (first subaru). what does it look like?
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 10:07 PM
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At the front of the engine below the alternator, it screws into the block, looks like a bolt with a wire coming off it.
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cheers, but where is temp sensor? (first subaru). what does it look like?
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 10:21 PM
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dont touch the throttle during startup. it can muck the fueling up.
my '97 sometimes does similar. fires but not completly. then, if you try it again, it just cranks. i think it just floods.
turn it off. wait 10 seconds. do it all again - NOT touching the throttle. seems to work for me.

Steve
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