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Difficult-to-diagnose occasional hard start 200 1988

posted by  nh on  Thu Oct 27 04:53 CST 2005
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I've been keeping notes for several weeks on a very occasional difficult start on my 88 244. For the most part it starts immediately, hot or cold. But once in a while (no more than once or twice a week or so) it takes significantly longer to start, like 5-10 seconds. It's never failed to start, it just takes longer than usual. As far as I can tell, this has nothing to do with:


  • engine hot, warm, or cold
  • weather wet or dry
  • weather warm (75 F) or cool (40 F)
  • full tank or below half
  • where it's parked (parking lot, under trees, or garage)
  • time of day


I can't figure out whether this is a warning sign of something, or "just one of those things". Any ideas?






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