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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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Default my rs is pissing me off in the mornings when cold

i love the car to bits but whenever i use it for the 1st time that day it drives like a bag of dog turd.

i have a scangauge fitted and whenever it plays up it turns the scangauge off, and once back to normal it comes back on ??

it misfires through every gear and judders about as if its running on 2/3 cylinders. once warmed up and back to normal its fine

im running tubular manifold,
mongoose exhaust,
tuna remap
msd coilpack
k&n gen2 filter
running 22 psi


just for those who may wonder if it could be any of the mods.

also at around 10 psi theres a slight judder

any advice would be great
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Old May 2, 2012 | 12:20 PM
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Is the tank below a quarter?
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Old May 2, 2012 | 12:53 PM
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Is the tank below a quarter?
Donno about his but mine does it with tank below a quarter...
whats the problem/solution????
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Old May 2, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Fezman1
Donno about his but mine does it with tank below a quarter...
whats the problem/solution????
Keep it above a quarter

Mine does the same but starts perfect with half a tank in.
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Old May 2, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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mine has started misfiring frm cold but only lasts 30 seconds or so. surley having under quater of a tank wouldnt cause this? mayb related to your issues
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Old May 2, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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if it does it when below 1/4 wouldnt that point to dodgey fuel pump?
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Old May 3, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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if it does it when below 1/4 wouldnt that point to dodgey fuel pump?
That's what I was thinking to mate
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Old May 12, 2012 | 11:34 PM
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dose it only do it untill its up to temp? mine dose it too nothing to worry about it its nothing just dont boot it till its warm!
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Old May 14, 2012 | 05:28 PM
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Ian, we're about are you in St Helen's?
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Old May 16, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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what base map are you on AF or AE as AE was always a pain for cold starts thats why AF was introduced but that can cause a cough at 4500rpm when tuning what are your plug gaps set at?and are they in good condition?
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Old May 17, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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Dumb question...

What is AF & AE?
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Old May 17, 2012 | 11:27 PM
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Different versions of the ford maps mate af is the revised map easy fix to this tho is let your car warm up before u spank it it's just over fueling cus of cold start
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Think the car will be coming to you Ian
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