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help! B13 w/GA16De hard starting when cold
I have searched this forum and learned a great deal about this car/engine, but need some help with this... Please!
My girlfriends car hates to start when the engine is cold, and when it is cold outside. If it is warm out (like above 50 at night) the car starts fine...
She had it towed to the dealer once when it wouldn't start, but after the dealer had let it sit for 2 days, it started right up. They proceded to charge her $400 for a waterpump (ok, she did need one of those), spark plugs, timing adjustment, and an injector cleaning, and they said they took the intake manifold off and cleaned up all the deposits...
But now that it is getting cold, the car won't start sometimes just like last winter/spring.
Is there a fuel pump recall on this car? Sound like a bad fuel pump? Maybe rewire the fuel pump straight from the battery and put a new one in? Distributor/cap/rotor maybe? I am used to coil pack cars (my old quad4 olds, my eclipse gsx and Talon tsi) so I am new at trouble shooting the ignition problems with this car...
Any thoughts/comments/ideas would be greatly appreciated!!
-awdfun
I have searched this forum and learned a great deal about this car/engine, but need some help with this... Please!
My girlfriends car hates to start when the engine is cold, and when it is cold outside. If it is warm out (like above 50 at night) the car starts fine...
She had it towed to the dealer once when it wouldn't start, but after the dealer had let it sit for 2 days, it started right up. They proceded to charge her $400 for a waterpump (ok, she did need one of those), spark plugs, timing adjustment, and an injector cleaning, and they said they took the intake manifold off and cleaned up all the deposits...
But now that it is getting cold, the car won't start sometimes just like last winter/spring.
Is there a fuel pump recall on this car? Sound like a bad fuel pump? Maybe rewire the fuel pump straight from the battery and put a new one in? Distributor/cap/rotor maybe? I am used to coil pack cars (my old quad4 olds, my eclipse gsx and Talon tsi) so I am new at trouble shooting the ignition problems with this car...
Any thoughts/comments/ideas would be greatly appreciated!!
-awdfun