Re: [DML] Re: Hard Starting.

["DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx>]

You said:
"it appears to have stopped surging which was a symptom that it had when 
you first started the car on a cold start."

The idle surge or "hunting" when cold is a normal characteristic of the K-Jetronic CIS fuel injection system.

DMC Joe



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: SGSKBM@xxxx 
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: [DML] Re: Hard Starting.


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, DMCVegas@xxxx wrote:
> 
> But one thing is that I don't understand how the replacement of an 
> entire distributor could have solved your problem. The distributor 
> itself is not responsible for any type of fuel pressure retention. 
> Less of course the Primary Pressure Regulator. If there was a bad 
seal
> (s) in the unit, I could understand how it would have been able to 
> bleed off pressure 'forwards' thru the system via the return fuel 
> line. But I also imagine that it could have been replaced by itself 
> without the entire distributor. If I am wrong, someone please 
correct 
> me.
> 
> I agree with your feelings and after the initial shock of the 
findings (price wise) settled, I came to the same conclusion. I saw 
them trade out the Primary Pressure Regulator and the same problem 
persisted after the swap. I could only conclude that the fuel 
distributor was defective internaly and was leaking inside. 

As it turns out they changed the distributor and fired up the car and 
it held pressure! I have not had the hot start problem since and it 
appears to have stopped surging which was a sympton that it had when 
you first started the car on a cold start.

I am not convinced that the fuel distributor was really defective but 
all of the evidence certainly points in that direction. If I can be 
of any further asistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

Scot 

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