Hi all,
I need some of your expert advice on a TR3 that is refusing to start cold (meaning like overnight cold) without me spraying some starting fluid on the air filters. My usual routine is this:
1 - Try to start it and it just works the starter and tests the battery. Round and round without any hint of catching.
2 - Open up hood and spray starting fluid on both filters.
3 - Hop in as quick as I can and it will start right up and since I have the choke pulled all the way out it will rev much higher than I would like to on first starting.
4 - After about a minute it quits like it is running out of gas. I think, though am not sure, it is running a little bit longer than just on the starting fluid. I have an electric pump that is on from the time I turn the key and I know that this is working and getting gas to the carbs.
5. - Spray again. Jump in and it starts right up and as long as I keep the choke all the way out I can sit there for a few minutes and finally, very carefully lower the revs from like 3k to 2k.
6. When I can get the choke to go about half way in without stalling I can start out.
7. It runs great and as long as I come back to it before it gets too cold it starts up with a touch of the button.
The first thing I am going to do is replace the plugs mainly because it is the simplest thing to do but also because I am thinking this is most likely a spark as opposed to fuel issue.
When I use the starting fluid I suspect that it is so much more volatile than regular old gas that it doesn't take much of a spark to get it going. The car has not been used that much this winter but I have been very good on keeping the tank full and putting that gas preservative stuff in there. It has a full tank. The distributor and wires and rotor and all are practically new and have been checked out.
Thanks very much,
Jim Lee
I need some of your expert advice on a TR3 that is refusing to start cold (meaning like overnight cold) without me spraying some starting fluid on the air filters. My usual routine is this:
1 - Try to start it and it just works the starter and tests the battery. Round and round without any hint of catching.
2 - Open up hood and spray starting fluid on both filters.
3 - Hop in as quick as I can and it will start right up and since I have the choke pulled all the way out it will rev much higher than I would like to on first starting.
4 - After about a minute it quits like it is running out of gas. I think, though am not sure, it is running a little bit longer than just on the starting fluid. I have an electric pump that is on from the time I turn the key and I know that this is working and getting gas to the carbs.
5. - Spray again. Jump in and it starts right up and as long as I keep the choke all the way out I can sit there for a few minutes and finally, very carefully lower the revs from like 3k to 2k.
6. When I can get the choke to go about half way in without stalling I can start out.
7. It runs great and as long as I come back to it before it gets too cold it starts up with a touch of the button.
The first thing I am going to do is replace the plugs mainly because it is the simplest thing to do but also because I am thinking this is most likely a spark as opposed to fuel issue.
When I use the starting fluid I suspect that it is so much more volatile than regular old gas that it doesn't take much of a spark to get it going. The car has not been used that much this winter but I have been very good on keeping the tank full and putting that gas preservative stuff in there. It has a full tank. The distributor and wires and rotor and all are practically new and have been checked out.
Thanks very much,
Jim Lee