My 94 VDP is very hard to start at times. Usually after it's been sitting
for several hours. I have cleaned the fuel system from the tank to the
injectors. It has a new fuel and air filter. I recently changed the
distributor cap, rotor button and plugs. The plug wires checked good on the
ohmmeter. I cleaned the intake tubes and throttle body with throttle body
cleaner (I did not remove the throttle body). Once the car starts, I get a
puff of smoke from the exhaust, but it smells more like a lean burn than
like burning oil, and it stumbles a bit, but it runs great and gets good
mileage. At normal temp, it fires right up, no smoke or stumbling.
Everything I have tested seems to be working right. What should I try
next????
Thanks,
Gunner
Dan Cassaro - 28 May 2006 14:59 GMT
I had a Mercedes that did exactly that.... turned out to be no voltage to
the cold start injector. I
Dan
> My 94 VDP is very hard to start at times. Usually after it's been sitting
> for several hours. I have cleaned the fuel system from the tank to the
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> Thanks,
> Gunner
Don Young - 29 May 2006 03:56 GMT
> My 94 VDP is very hard to start at times. Usually after it's been sitting
> for several hours. I have cleaned the fuel system from the tank to the
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> Thanks,
> Gunner
You might want to verify fuel pressure at cold startup. I believe there is a
residual pressure check valve to prevent quick leakdown of pressure back
thru the pump after the engine is shut down. The pump should also run for a
short time when the ignition is first turned on to pressurize the fuel rail.
The pump then stops until the engine is cranked and running.
I don't think there is a cold start injector, but there is a temperature
sensor which signals the Electronic Control Unit to enrich the mixture for
cold starting.
Don Young
Dan Cassaro - 29 May 2006 13:22 GMT
Don,
You are correct. The 94 doesn't have one, or at least I can't find one on
the web. The 93's and before do, apparently. His symptoms seem to be
engine temp related, though. Maybe a bad thermo sensor somewhere?
Dan
> I don't think there is a cold start injector, but there is a temperature
> sensor which signals the Electronic Control Unit to enrich the mixture for
> cold starting.
>
> Don Young
Gunner - 29 May 2006 15:51 GMT
I just checked the Intake Air Temp Sensor.....basically what your Mercedes
had. It checks good. I'm going to bypass the fuel pump relay next and see if
the 1/2 second pump run circuit may be bad.
Thanks for the input.
> My 94 VDP is very hard to start at times. Usually after it's been sitting
> for several hours. I have cleaned the fuel system from the tank to the
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> Thanks,
> Gunner