my car will not start when it's cold! i checked the plugs-cap- rotor. tried dry gas. replaced the manifold coolant tempature sender. chaged out the the fuel filter. i am lost! when it gets around thirty degrees the car wount start. starting fluid helps to get going sometimes. even if i get it going i have parked it in front of the bar after work at night and it wount start after sitting for just an hour! wtf! it's still warm! i am looking in the morror and shaking my head at the idiot looking back at me. please help, car is an 88 iroc with 350 tpi and 700 trans, oh, and it's not giving me any codes. i am leaning towards a fuel delivery problem.thanks in advance, mike a.k.a. idiot boy

 

<h1>HEY!</H1>

You lookin' in my mirror again?

I see the same thing, so I was just askin'...

As for the hard cold starting problem, your car should be equipped with a cold start valve (injector) and cold start control. Failure of this system will cause protracted cranking and very difficult starting when the coolant temperature is below 104°F.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ght=cold+start

 

One view:



The front view of the control location on the front of the intake manifold (the sensor on the left):

 

check your fuel pressure, it's likely bleeding off considerably faster than it should.

 

Mike- I've got the cold-start switch from my '88 setup...worked fine when I removed it. Yours for the taking, you know where I live. Give a shout after Christmas.

 

thanks kevin, will call you after new years. no time to work on car with all the mail at the post office (christmas rush) am driving p.o.s. honda for now. thanks to all who posted so far- will be back if injector swap does not help!