[Gmecm] Cold start problem

[dgilbert78 at juno.com]

hello: you might try the crank position sensor, I had one that drove me
nuts. Also had a set of plug wires go bad, ate the core out of them, all
this on a 87 Buick.
good luck
Darryl..
On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:18:09 -0400 Bill - Comcast <b.shaw at comcast.net>
writes:
> I'm having a cold start problem on my wife's '88 Buick Century wagon 
> and 
> am looking for some advise.  This is a 3.8L v6 with DIS. When trying 
> to 
> start it will crank a second or 2 then fire and then backfire and 
> stall.  We have to try 10 to 15 times before it will finally wheeze 
> to 
> life.  Once it starts it runs fine,  no skips or hesitation.  The 
> problem occurs only when it's stone cold, after running for even a 
> minute it will repeatedly start fine.  It's not setting any codes so 
> I'm 
> not getting any help from the ECM.
> 
> This started suddenly a couple of days ago.  Before that it fired up 
> 
> quickly warm or cold and ran well.  I thought maybe something weird 
> with 
> the CTS ( remember, no codes) so I changed it (it was cheap and easy 
> 
> anyways) but it made no difference.  Anyone have a thought on what 
> to 
> look at next?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
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