now its not causing a problem but most mornings when i go to fire her up she takes a good few turns to get her going then she idles a bit rough till i give it a few revs, now its a mk5 escort with a rs turbo lump in, i never used to have the problem but i noticed just under the cold start valve is a brown plug that goes to the block now i noticed the wires have come out i think ones brown and white and the other is black and yellow i think. could this be the problem ? thanks for any help

 

Brown is the Thermo Time Switch I believe. That controls the air going in the AAV into the back of the inlet based on the information it gets from water and air temp.

 

so would that effect it or not?

 

i just pulled the plug off the cold start valve on mine and it start in the morning now. give it a try and let me know pull it off tonight

 

Thermo Time Switch provides the earth connection for the cold start injector. For cold mornings you need this working!!

 

i will try take the cold start plug off but its not that bad so i might just live with it just have to give it a few little revs to get it to idle ok. will annoy the street at 5am thou lol