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Cold Start Problem with '95 940 8 valve 900 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be 940 Wagon on  Sat Jan 29 12:06 CST 2005 [RELATED]

The three days or so it has been very cold here (NJ) the car did not want to start. This has only been in the morning when the temp was ~5 F or less.

The car would crank normally, but the engine would never catch. It would seem to fire a cylinder or two every few seconds, but never enough to keep it going. After about 3 - 5 minutes, it will eventually catch and run real rough for about 20 - 40 seconds and then idle fine. No problems the rest of the day or any other day until the temp dropped near zero again.

It seems to be a problem with a sensor, but I don't know which one. The temp gauge in the car works fine, so I don't think it is the engine temp sensor (unless the ECU uses a different sensor).

Anyone have an idea of what it could be?

Thanks in advance.






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