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Re: Cold Miss - More Details Please. (archive)
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Posted by Stan on May 14, 2000 at 10:42:09:

In Reply to: Cold Miss? posted by Mark Workman on May 12, 2000 at 19:02:08:

Mark,
Could you supply more detail. When you say miss, does it appear that one or two cylinders are not firing or is one whole bank not working? Is it uniformly rough or intermittent? Let us know so we can help pin down the problem.

Stan C.
'92 850iA


: My 91 850 has developed a miss when started cold. It stays
: until the temp gauge reaches normal operating temp, then
: runs fine. Previous owner had the intake gasket deal done
: about 6k miles ago(32k total), but who knows? How does the
: ECM handle the cold start enrichment? Longer pulse? Does it use coolant temp to kick out of the cold mode? This board
: has some ace troubleshooters, and I'd like them to lead me
: down the Path of Troubleshooting Righteousness to get this fixed.



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