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Winter Starting Problems

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Well it's that time of year again (Winter) and my Corrado is taking a long time to fire up after a cold damp night. I have been advised that this could relating to an knackered distributor cap. Has anybody else had similiar problems as I don't really want to replace the HT Leads, spark plugs etc unless I need to.

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IMO it would help to replace the dizzy etc.. they were one of the first things we did when I got the car... :) I had the timming checked too, seems to be fine at 6.50am... :D (touch wood) :)

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Start with the distributor cap, my 16v showed a similar problem in the winter. I also changed the battery for a bosch silver (cheap from German and Swedish) and the HT leads as it was still on the originals.

 

neil

 

Flash Red 16v

 

(may have seen you on 1198?)

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also check that the 5th injector/cold start valve is working

 

What would be the best way to check the 5th injector/cold start valve

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unbolt the inj...point it in a jam jar and crank the car,with a cold engine it should spary for a few seconds ONLY while the starter is working

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