SV: Peculiar starting problem

["Roland Johansson" <scirocco@mail.bip.net>]

The fuel accumulator next to the fuel pump has gone bad
probobly. Exact same behavior on my car until I changed the
accumulator, after that started right on turn key.



Roland Johansson
Scirocco 1,6l TIC -82
Http://hem.passagen.se/toker


> Hi guys and gals,
> 
> Small problem with my '86 that has me stumped.
> 
> If the car is stone cold (ie. it has been sitting all night),
the car
> starts right up on the first kick.  But, if the engine is
warm, it
> gets tougher and tougher to start.  Now, if the engine is hot
and you
> shut it off for a minute, it's fine to re-start ... but if you
leave
> it for 10 or 20 minutes, you have to turn it over much more to
get it
> going again.
> 
> It's almost as if the engine should be getting an extra shot
of fuel
> that it isn't when it's warm.  What could be wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Michael Helms
> 
> '81 Scirocco - the fixer-upper
> '86 Scirocco - the daily driver



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