Well if the bad start is accompained by fuel smell its the fuel acumulator which has come bad. This happened to me 2 months ago and the sympthons where exactly the same.
Good luck Francesco. -----Mensaje original----- De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Jesse T Walz Enviado el: Lunes, 21 de Julio de 2003 05:10 p.m. Para: a2list Asunto: [a2-16v-list] Bad fuel accumulator? Hi all, I have had a weird starting issue for a couple of years now with my 91 gli. Cold starts take a few seconds of cranking to catch and then the car will run ruff for a few seconds until I rev it a bit. Once it clears itself it runs good, accept for a slightly erratic idle once in a while. If I shut the car down and just run in to a store real quick the car will start and catch right away, like bam! It used to be like that for most every start. I am thinking along the lines of the fuel accumulator, but have not purchased a FI gauge kit to be able to test fuel system pressures. BTW, newish (<10K miles) fuel filter. The car is great once running and pulls strong. No differance with fuel level in tank. It always starts after a couple of seconds of cranking, so it was never a big deal. I would like to fix it though. I have heard of the spring in these accumulators breaking, but would like to diagnose it before purchaing a new part. I should just get a FI test kit from Harbor Freight. Has anyone picked one up from them? Any recomendations on what features I need? Don't want to break the bank hear. Thanks, Jesse _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
