Re: Cold idle issue

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

You probably need a fuel pressure regulator.

Chris DeLong
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>From: "Marc Peterson" <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Cold idle issue
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:08:31 -0400
>
>Just noticed this today, as the temps were a bit nippy this morning.  The
>engine fires right up, but then drops to a rough idle and dies within 5
>seconds.  Cold start is spraying just fine, it just seems to be too lean.
>If I start it and rev slightly I can get it to stay running, and withing 15
>or 20 seconds it will idle fine.  It runs great after that, but once it
>warms up it backfires very slightly when doing engine braking. (too rich?)
>Was thinking that the engine temp sensor was faulty, so I checked the
>connector, and noticed that I can push the connector into the sensor about
>1/4 inch.  This is the sensor on the driver's side of the engine, in the
>head on the end.  Isn't this supposed to be a solid hunk of metal, like the
>thermo/time switch sensor? (which is brand new, by the way)
>
>Its a stock 1981 S with a 1.7 CIS and a totally hollow cat.
>
>Thanks,
>Marc
>
>
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