YOUR RESEARCHAwful cold starting
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Now I'm no expert but I thought I'd left behind the days of delicately balancing throttle and choke etc on cold mornings when I was no longer driving my Grans Escort Mk2! I spark up my 2001 C4S from cold and its lumpy as anything, misfiring, fills the air with a thick taste of petrol, then stalls. This doesnt sound like normal behaviour to me. Bit of throttle and it goes fine, but the starting is awful. Pointers for investigation please? Steve
Common problem. MAF or coil pack. Most likely to be the MAF.
Cheers GD, Hope I shall now sound vaguely knowledgeable on the phone to OPC Steve outcome: confirmed MAF at fault, sadly OPC sussex didnt have one in stock as the chap in there before me this morning took the last one! so will have to wait till wednesday - but at least now know what the fault is
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