Cold Start Issues
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Spoke to Paul @ES and he advised that it could be the cam position sensor, before i buy new one, anyone has good used one that i can borrow to see if this is the cause.
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Replaced the crank sensor with advised known good used part and made it worse, will have to put the old one back in.
After this has to be trip to speciation that has select monitor and hope they can find the issue.
After this has to be trip to speciation that has select monitor and hope they can find the issue.
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Holy cow, my bugeye had couple of things replaced and was still doing the same. The stick on the throttle trick worked though, I just tried it for the heck of it but the issue was never resolved. I had replaced the fuel filter, fuel pump, tps, cps, checked for vacuum leaks, replaced spark plugs to no prevail. I think my bugeye started having that issue after 12 months of remap, I have sold the vehicle, the new owner is aware of it and he said he'll let me know once he gets it figured out but still haven't heard since. I now have a Blob Sti and everything is greaatttt. Hope you get that figured mate, I'm still curious what is causing that hard starting for future use.
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Holy cow, my bugeye had couple of things replaced and was still doing the same. The stick on the throttle trick worked though, I just tried it for the heck of it but the issue was never resolved. I had replaced the fuel filter, fuel pump, tps, cps, checked for vacuum leaks, replaced spark plugs to no prevail. I think my bugeye started having that issue after 12 months of remap, I have sold the vehicle, the new owner is aware of it and he said he'll let me know once he gets it figured out but still haven't heard since. I now have a Blob Sti and everything is greaatttt. Hope you get that figured mate, I'm still curious what is causing that hard starting for future use.
I went through all the above, to no avail and the problem was there before mods such as turbo's, injectors etc and was still there afterwards! Nothing was ever picked up during five re-maps.
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Mine has been fine since getting it back from scoobyclinic, they put new coolant ( needed doing anyway ) clean idle control valve as was a Little sticky apparently and adjusted a few things ( their words ) on the dyno that's all I know. Maybe call them and ask. Black prodrive bugeye sti cheers Marc
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Battery fully charged and used the car for a coue of days, the starting is better, spins over lot quicker but takes time to catch and when it does still the splutter.
Ran out of ideas!
Ran out of ideas!
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I was looking for this thread the other day to say that after leaving the car for nearly a week I went to use it and realised I hadn't used my 'stick trick' and guess what - the bugger wouldn't start! Eventually coughed and fired up but it was just like it used to be! I've remembered the stick since, and it's been fine! Sounds crazy, I know, but it's been going on for years.
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Think my be getting close to the root cause, today when to start the car and normal cranking for while then spluttered to life.
What I did notes was blue smoke from the exhuast, not a lot more of an haze which cleared within seconds, no smoke on tick over or lift off when stationary or driving.
So the thinking is now more mechanical than map or electical.
The thinking is now that it could possibly be rings? If it was from stem seals would smoke on idle?
Running 10/50 oil my go back to 5/30 and see if it helps.
Or any other ideas?
What I did notes was blue smoke from the exhuast, not a lot more of an haze which cleared within seconds, no smoke on tick over or lift off when stationary or driving.
So the thinking is now more mechanical than map or electical.
The thinking is now that it could possibly be rings? If it was from stem seals would smoke on idle?
Running 10/50 oil my go back to 5/30 and see if it helps.
Or any other ideas?
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Car never smoked on start up and always was on the button when starting.
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Here's what I did to my bugeye, replaced spark plugs, replace fuel pump, replaced fuel pressure regulator, cleaned iacv; cleaned throttle body, replaced tps, air filter replaced, new battery almost a full tune up and bugger still didn't fix my issue. I sold the bugeye and bought a stock Blob eye, and never looked back. Trouble free since Blobeye. Ha ha.
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Here's what I did to my bugeye, replaced spark plugs, replace fuel pump, replaced fuel pressure regulator, cleaned iacv; cleaned throttle body, replaced tps, air filter replaced, new battery almost a full tune up and bugger still didn't fix my issue. I sold the bugeye and bought a stock Blob eye, and never looked back. Trouble free since Blobeye. Ha ha.
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