> When the car is cold, occasionally the car
> will crank, start, rev high then die. It
> feels sorta like fuel starvation, but after
> fighting this for about 3-4 minutes and
> holding the gas pedal down after starting
> it, the car starts, revs high, then balances
> out to idle. It almost feels like an old
> carb'd car. After the car goes to idle, it
> has no problems at all.
> I'm almost positive this only happens when
> it's cold, so I'm wondering cold start
> valve?
> Also, I don't know if this is related, but
> once, and only one, on the way home from
> work at night, while the car was up to
> running temp, and while "cruising"
> with the throttle at a constant position (no
> acceleration or decceleration), the engine
> died momentarilly (nothing dramatic, like a
> "burp"), then went back to normal.
> Like I said, it was pretty much a
> "burp" but the engine felt like it
> completly died.
> Thanks
> will crank, start, rev high then die. It
> feels sorta like fuel starvation, but after
> fighting this for about 3-4 minutes and
> holding the gas pedal down after starting
> it, the car starts, revs high, then balances
> out to idle. It almost feels like an old
> carb'd car. After the car goes to idle, it
> has no problems at all.
> I'm almost positive this only happens when
> it's cold, so I'm wondering cold start
> valve?
> Also, I don't know if this is related, but
> once, and only one, on the way home from
> work at night, while the car was up to
> running temp, and while "cruising"
> with the throttle at a constant position (no
> acceleration or decceleration), the engine
> died momentarilly (nothing dramatic, like a
> "burp"), then went back to normal.
> Like I said, it was pretty much a
> "burp" but the engine felt like it
> completly died.
> Thanks
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