My car starts fine an runs really well.

But when I start it cold it takes a second or so before it starts. I might sound like I'm nit picking here, but is there any way to make the car start smoother?

 

your oil could be to thick what are you using

 

It's been awhile since I changed the oil (I hardly ever drive the car), so I can't remember what viscosity I used. I know it's Mobil One synthetic, probably your standard 10w-30.

I live in Southern California, so the weather is very mild. It's been between 60-80 degrees around here.

What's strange, is that it will never start on the 1st attempt when cold, but will start relatively easy on the 2nd attempt when cold. But it still starts slow.

 

same problem with tpi, cant figure it out either, I always seem to have weird problems, wher everything thats a cause is not the cause,

 

Im no expert but could it be a fuel issue ? Do you let the pump prime before you start your car , u know let the little beep thing go away before you crank it, maybe when its cold fuel is not getting to the cylinders on the first try, dunnon bad fuel preassure regulator ? Again im no expert but this could be fuel related , if you have spark and air getting to those cylinders i dont see why it will not start with fuel also getting to them also. Could be your idle control valve , the little motor could be bad and it takes some time to open up, take it off and see if its not cloged, have u tried starting the car with the throttle manually open, if it does start then u ur iac could be messed up.

TBI is kinda of like a carb, the fuel has to travel all the way from the top to the cylinders so TBI takes a little more cranks than ur conventional efi motor with the injectors closer to the valves, well atleast thats how my TBI bird starts up, my brother lt1 and l98 used to start to the touch of the key, i mean instantly lol.

 

I know this an old thread, but I found out what the problem was.

It was just old gas. That's it. I don't drive it that often, so the gas in it was over a year old. Once I burned it all off and put new fuel in it, it started just fine.