Hi I have recently been having trouble starting my car after it has sit for a couple of hours. The car car will start with the help of the gass pedal but the I need to keep the gas on for about 15 seconds or it will die. Also whenI start driving it has poor sluggish response. As I drive it for a bout 15 min it works fine with good response. I was reading the bently manual and read about clogged fuel injectors and it sounded like my problem. It was talking about a type off clogging that forms when it is cold and goes away when it is warm.

I have replaced the intank fuel pump and that didn't help the problem. I was wondering if there is anything I can do by myself to fix this. I really don't want to pay a shop to do it. Please help me find whats wrong and what I can do to fix it. I have also heard that maybe it is a thermal time switch. What is that and do you think this could be the problem? Thanks you guys for all your help you have saved me thousands in repair cost.

Chuck
1985 245ti 130K