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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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as above my bros escort turbo is takin a while to start from cold think it may be the cold start valve just after a 2nd opinion or any other theories

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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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does the car start and stall????

it may be the metering head or the cold start solinoide(sp)

is it an S1 or 2

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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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could be a lot of things. First check is to see if metering flap is pulsing.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 10:16 AM
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yeah it starts n runs fine just takes a while to fire up
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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Taking time to start cold most of the time is the cold start valve flooding the engine. If its currently connected try whipping it off and seeing how that goes.

If thats no better then as Rick says see if the flap pulses while cranking
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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thanks lads will give em a try and let u know
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