In order of probability I would start with the thermo-time switch. As for warm I would say the fuel accumulator. But these are just guesses. The only way to know is to go through the diagnostics. It is obviously fuel related and I would suspect not just a single part or system failure but two or more. Go to page 128 of the Technical Information Manual. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "freakybeetle" <freakybeetle@xxxx> wrote: > I have spent the last few weeks getting my DMC tuned up after years > of not being driven. The car gets better every time I work on it, but > there is still something that I haven't been able to work out. The > car is almost impossible to get started with out using starting > fluid. It has a new fuel pump, fuel filter, and cold start valve. I > doesn't matter if the engine has been sitting for days or immediate > turned over after turning it off, the car just won't fire by itself. > It also has new plugs, plug wires, distributor, rotor, and the rest > of a normal tune up kit. I have tried bypassing the thermo sensor > that controls when the cold start fires, but still no luck. Any ideas > or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to > take the car to the SEDOC cruise in this month. > > Thanks, > > Jai > 2812