Re: [DML] cold or hot starting?

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx>]

I may not be interpreting what you're saying correctly, but it seems
to me that you have a "hot start" problem. The car starts fine after
waiting for a few hours and when "cold iron" from sitting overnight, yes?

When you're pushing down on the plunger you're dumping liquid fuel in
the engine overcoming vapor lock and the engine starts.

If all this is true, the most common cause of this condition is a
failed accumulator. The accumulator maintains "rest pressure" or
pressue in the line when the car is off. It keeps the liquid fuel from
draining out of the lines. If this happens when the car is hot, you
get vapor lock.

You can test this when the car is hot and fails to start by unhooking
the grey power plug on the control pressure regulator and hooking it
up to the blue cold start valve. (unhook the blue plug of course) They
are both on the left (driver's) side of the engine. If the car starts
this way then your accumulator is faulty.

I agree with the other fellows though..220 is TOO hot. Take it from
me, I just got done with a brutal head gasket replacement job because
either I or the previous owner overheated the engine. I clogged the
list with my drek for months trying to get things fixed after that.

Be careful. :)

Rich
#5335

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Swoyerzone@xxxx wrote:
> The mechanic felt it was faulty and wanted to have it tested. 
> I noticed the car wasn't as hot using it yesterday but still heated
quickly, 
> but I did a lot less driving. When I went to use it again last night it 
> wouldn't start. My mechanic told me the next time this happens to
take off the air 
> filter and see if the plate under it can be pushed down. When I did
this the 
> car almost started right up. I did it about three times and the car
started fine 
> each time I would start it.
> 
> Some coil was replaced, but I'm not sure which one (this was at a
different 
> shop) and I was charged three times for one of two.
> 
> Darryl
> 
> 
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