Re: poor starting 164

[Tonywoodtw@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/09/98  19:13:10, you write:

<< My 164 has trouble starting.  The starter turns the motor just fine.
Sometimes it seems to start but dies immediately.  Other times if I can start
it and get the RPMs over about 3000 it seems to run okay, but dies if I let
the RPMs fall below about 2000.
  >>

Check the connections to the 2-pin connector under the thermostat.  This is
the temp sensor which decides it's cold enough to need a 'choke' effect.

On my car this was the most difficult intermittent problem to diagnose as the
connectors were broken inside the plug (and made contact most of the time) and
the rubber shroud held the wires so firmly that a tug to check them proved
nothing.  Difficult cold starting finally pointed to the cause.  Previous
symptom was occasional sudden increase in power (as though someone nudged my
right foot).  

You can dismantle the plug by releasing the tags that hold the spade
connectors into the plug body:  use a pin.  That way you can really check, and
solder a failed connection.

Hope this nil-cost remedy works for you too.

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