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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Help, Peugeot stalling problem
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 09:56:47 GMT
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- Yi Sun (ys0n+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
- : I have a '84 Peugeot 505GL, inline 4, auto. The car has trouble in
- : starting. I have to rev the engine at high rpm for a minute or so
- : before I can start to drive. Otherwise it will stall. The problem
- : seems to be weather sensitive. The warmer the temperature, the longer I
- : have to keep reving the engine.
- :
- It sounds like your cold-start injector isn't kicking in for some reason.
- It could be a bad injector, or a bad temperature sensor (tells the injector
- to open). Is this a Bosch system? If so, what does the flow sensor
- look like (heated wire, or deflected vane type)?
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