Re[2]: 1991 164 starting problems

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:32:39 -0500 (EST) Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided> wrote:
> the times i've had trouble starting it have generally been 2-3 hours
> after
> shutting down, now that i think about it. i'll go try to start it at 6pm
> and see what happens.

bingo. at 6pm, a couple of hours after i shut it down, it doesn't want to
restart. i bet it'll start fine in the morning when stone cold.

suggestions so far include:

wiring at thermostat housing for cold start circuit
  this appears to be in place, but i'll put the connector off and hose it
  down with contact cleaner tomorrow

split hose in gas tank causing lowered fuel pressure
  i'm not sure this really matches the symptoms

distributor cap and rotor
  i'll pull these off and look at them tomorrow

bad connection at air flow meter
  it's not hard to pull this off and apply contact cleaner, so perhaps i'll
  do that

fuel filter
  not sure it matches the symptoms at this point, but since i have no idea
  how long it's been in there, and if the age & condition of the plugs are
  any indication, it's probably time.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
              Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
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