Starting my rs turbo from cold mk4 cvh MFI ..first thing in a morning is getting to the point where I'm cranking the battery flat .. cold start .? If so where abouts is it and what do I do ..many thanks Mat.

 

Hi Mat on my series one I owned years ago there was a cold start valve on the rear upper part of the inlet manifold. My car used to start better when this plug was disconnected, iirc it pumps extra fuel in for 9 seconds

Cheers
​​​​​​​Paul

 

Hi Paul ..yea I've also found this unplugged ..I've plugged it in and still no joy ..

 

Lazy starter motor? They usually get fried by the downpipe if the heatshield is missing

 

When my S1 was nearly new it went to Trimoco, Dunstable for poor cold starting. They were the No 1 Rs Dealer at the time and they contacted Ford who said to disconnect the cold start valve. The instructions then passed to me were to cold start the car with the throttle peddle depressed about half way. Started really well for the next 25 years until we parted company. Sad day.

Try it it might help.
Cheers, John

 

That's my next thing ..wrapp the down pipe as.its so close to starter motor ..I changed plugs and leads and it fired first turn .

 

I had this problem on my last escort. I changed the starter and found it solved the problem. I then wrapped it so it didn't get too hot as they can stick after a hard drive.

 

Thanks guys ..I'll get the down pipe wrapped

 

If the engine is turning over but struggle to start.. you will find the fuel mixture needs adjusting most probably. If you had a start motor issue,the engine won't turn at all

 

Transit connect starter motor is a good mod for rs turbos. Ive went through a few starters until i read on here about fitting the transit starter. Awesome mod.

 

It turned out to be a bad alternator and low charge in battery ..so I put a new battery ..new alternator and new Ford transit connect starter on ..starts mint now.

 

Great, did the same myself last spring and it always starts on the button. Don't forget, wrap the downpipe

Lee

 

Yea always good to wrap the exhaust ..