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My car won't start when the temp.is cold 700 1985

posted by  MTerry on  Fri Jan 12 08:24 CST 2007
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If it cranks but just doesn't ever fire, you might have a similar problem to the one I've been trying to solve in my Toyota for several months. I think I finally found the answer. A small head gasket crack. I put some radiator stop leak in it and it solved the problem. I was getting a severe rich condition when I cranked the engine. The computer said the FI was fine and I knew I was getting spark. Then I remebered I had been smelling coolant every now and then and theorized that it was getting coolant and/or moisture in the cylinders on shut down and it was condensing as the engine sat overnight and cooled down. I tried the stop leak to see if there would be any improvement before I tore the engine apart and I haven't had a problem since.
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