Re: Milano hard starting

[Stuart Thomson <stuart.thomson@domain.elided>]

Hi All,

I've a similar problem with my 3.0L 75.
The car sometimes refuses to start first thing in the morning.
The workaround is to pop the bonnet, leave the ignition on, out of 
gear, handbrake on.  Find the black connector near the firewall that 
has two large terminal mounted in the plastic on the driver's side of 
the car (passenger's side for LHD).  Get a pair of needlenose pliers 
and short across these, this runs the starter motor and the car starts 
almost instantly.
The cause is almost certainly a crappy battery, low voltage at either 
the fuel or ignition ECU whilst cranking will cause a no start.  If I 
keep trying to crank it the battery runs flat very quickly.  A jump 
start from the spare battery from the racecar works fine too.  Waiting 
for batteries to be on sale somewhere before I fork out for a new one, 
if it gets too bad I'll just use the one from the racecar.
Only ever happens first thing in the morning and it's not that cold 
around here then, probably about 15-20C most mornings.

Just my 5c worth (don't have 2c anymore down here)
Stuart Thomson
75 3L
GT Junior 1779

On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 11:09 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> > It ussually takes me two pauses between cranks to get it to fire. Is 
> > this
> > normal? The car otherwise runs perfect.
> No.  The L-Jet V6 should be among the quickest older EFI cars to
> spring to life--essentially instantaneously.  Is your problem
> dependent on the weather?  Is it just a cold-starting issue?  If yes,
> check the cold start injector and thermo-time switch.  Vacuum leaks
> are also a common cause of hard starting.
>
> Joe Elliott
> '82 GTV6
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