My 850 GLT has cold starts

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Mad4vovo

Hi All,

I have an 850 GLT has 180,000 miles on it. I love the performance of
the car and hopefully will keep for long since I use only synthetic
oils. My problem are the cold starts in the morning, I thought it was
the battery and it wasn't. I noticed though that after the car has
warmed up, when I re-start the car it starts right away without
hesitation. Also I have a leakage down at the transmission. I recently
used 24 Oz of Lucas Transmission fix but the leak did not go away.
Could this be a RMS issue?

I need advice on how to deal with this.

Thanks advance,

Mad4vovo
 
Mad4vovo said:
Hi All,

I have an 850 GLT has 180,000 miles on it. I love the performance of
the car and hopefully will keep for long since I use only synthetic
oils. My problem are the cold starts in the morning, I thought it was
the battery and it wasn't. I noticed though that after the car has
warmed up, when I re-start the car it starts right away without
hesitation. Also I have a leakage down at the transmission. I recently
used 24 Oz of Lucas Transmission fix but the leak did not go away.
Could this be a RMS issue?

I need advice on how to deal with this.

Thanks advance,

Mad4vovo
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For the cold start, try hitting the starter for half a second, letting it
sit a second or two, and then trying the starter. That's the "shadetree"
test for fuel pressure bleeding off from the fuel rails. The first "bump"
fires up the fuel pump long enough to repressurize the rails so it can start
normally... if that's the problem. For mysterious reasons most cars can't
seem to decide on a reasonable mixture if you keep cranking as the pressure
comes up.

Anyway, if that's the trick you can try a bottle of injector cleaner in the
next tank of gas. Cheap, easy, can't hurt, might help. Otherwise you are
probably looking at some troubleshooting, maybe replacement of the check
valve on the fuel pump... or doing the bump-start thing a while longer.
Makes the car harder to steal, too!

Mike
 
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