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Old 05-31-2009, 11:44 AM
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Crappy cold starts

Every morning I have a crappy cold start, it takes more cranking to start the engine up. Any ideas why and what I can do to eliminate that?
Old 05-31-2009, 12:10 PM
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Mine was doing the same thing. I took apart the throttle body and cleaned that, changed plugs, oil, and ran some injector cleaner, and it all went away. I think my problem was more of the dirty TB, but its worth a shot!
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Anything else I should try while I'm there?
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That should be about all you need to do. Its more than likely the throttle body gummed up with crap.
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good ole tune up. Depending on the miles you should replace fuel filter
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