As above, it's fine the rest of the day but when i try to start her up from cold she turns over for ages before stating. Any suggestions?

 

Knackered cold start valve maybe?

 

Does anyone have a picture of what that looks like?

 

Under the inlet manifold there is a little vlave with a blue plug on it and a red fuel hose going to it. Unplug it. Leave it unplugged and your car will start fine cold

 

Give it a hot water bottle and a cup of coffee half an hour before, I am the same when i am cold in the morning

 

Ok, going to have a look.

 

the 'cold start valve' should make NO difference to starting the car in this country 99.9% of the time it only opens when it gets REALLY cold! and i mean like -6 ish!

 

cold start valve needs only works when the cars REALLY fookin cold...

doubt it will even kick in during the winter over here! might aswell try it with the fooker unplugged.

do ERSTs have warm up regulators? or do they have a CTS and the electronics take care of warm up?

 

beat ya to it jim!

 

 

They DO kick in thats why they dont start right, not cold enough for em and over fuelling like fook.

 

Cold start means starting an engine from cold....not starting the engine in the north pole

 

lee is correct, i just forgot to mention it

 

ok fair enough! i suppose that could happen!

 

It does. Third rst ive had. EXACT same cold starting, removed the plug, starts perfect. MAY need reconnecting in winter but never did before.

I bet 90% RST owners on here have theirs unplugged

 

Right, i found it and took it off. Do i have to tape it up? Don't particularly like loose connections flying round my engine bay. Will start it from cold later tonight as it's hot from coming back from the dentist and we'll see if it works! Cheers for all your help guys.

 

You can tape it up but i didnt with mine. Hope it starts ok. Im sure it will

 

Thanx for your advice hun. I'm pretty sure that it was disconnected when i bought it off Andy G but they must have put it back on when they fitted the new gearbox.

 

Took mine off as it started to do this a while back, made sweet FA difference! Now plugged back in strangley first click every time

 

I'll see how it goes. Can't hurt to give it a try? Oh, still no petrol leaks Adam!!

 

LOL!!!! Well, faults cant be the same for everyone hey, or id be a specialist

 

Lol. Now now boys.....

 

could possibly be power to the black ecu had this problem on my s1

 

I have an NMS sticker on the back of my car so i'm assuming you guys have had a look at it at some point. Do you recognise it?
I think at some point i'm just going to have to stick it in with you guys and let you play around with it and make it run properly.

 

mine was naff at cold start disconned the sold start and now first turn, i think a fault develops in the black fuel ecu and over fuel the car when cold so difficult to sart

 

are u people talking about the cold start valve (the aux air valve) or the cold start injector - blue plug?

 

injector Rick, as i said to kim in earlier posr, remove the blue plug

 

Good, cos that's the one i removed!!!!!!

 

kim take it to karl he knows all about that car as he built the engine and set it up

 

He only set it up Alan
Kim can,t remeber if it was connected or not?
To be honest it sounds as if something has broke on it
It used to start within a split second no matter what weather
With that on or off!!
Which fuel pipe had gone?
The one from the tank to the pump was replaced about 3 week befrore you bought it with a genuine one?

 

I know, i replaced another two after that one and the bastid still kept leaking! There was an after-market petrol cap on the car and it wasn't vented, which led to too much pressure build up and the fuel being forced out of the weakest part...the hose join. Bought a new ford petrol cap and it hasn't leaked since!!!! Stupid things eh? Just having a slight problem with it starting from cold. I am pretty sure it wasn't connected but it suddenly was after i had the gearbox done. Anyway, i've removed it and am gonna see how it fares in the morning. Got a new master cylinder too but they forgot to send me the spare blanking screws cos they're based on a standard style now.
You'll be pleased to know i've been upsetting quite a few people

 

Good Good nice to hear
This thing we,ve got now would,nt beat an egg

 

Lol. What you got?

 

andy what happend about the 4x4

 

Alan can,t get hold of him mate
Don,t think i,ll be allowed it though unless you know anyone that wants a tigra

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Tigra? WHY!!!!!!!!
My friend has one and i can't ever sit in the back, i keep hitting my head everytime we drive over a blade of grass!!!

 

even the hair dressers receptionist would not drive this

 

Donna wanted one!!
And i want a new bike next season
In it,s defence it,s not "that" bad remotley nippy for a 1.6
I know what you mean about the back though no room what so ever!!!

 

Alan get FOOOOOOKED!!!!
I think i pull it off well to be honest

 

I got a space on the Norfolk stand at Trax if you're gonna be there Andy? Did the flamer kit ever work? I can't get it to bloody do anything. Thinking of stripping it out.