[T3] Cold Starting Problem

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Wed Dec 22 16:09:32 PST 2010


Sounds Normal in my experience with my 69 FI/AT.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM,  <rcrogers1 at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> My '73 FI Squareback seems to have developed a cold weather starting problem.  I have set the valves, installed the distributor that Jim repaired, set the timing, checked that all of the wires are connected and set the fuel pressure to 28lbs.  It takes five or six tries to get started.  Once the engine is warmed it starts much better.  One peculiar thing-It seems to respond better (start) if I pump the accelerator.  I don't know why that would be in an FI car.  Any ideas?
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