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I'm having a starting problem with my 1979 900 GLE. It is all original with the b-engine and the k-jetronic fuel injection. Basically I am losing fuel pressure. The fuel pump is new. The longer it sits, the harder it is to start. Once it is warmed up and running, it runs really well. When I try to start it after overnight, I get no ignition at all initially - just the starter turning over the engine, but what I have discovered is that if I leave the key in the running position for a few minutes, it will then start roughly until the pressure rises and then the engine smoothes out and runs fine. I have bypassed the fuel pump relay to run the pump for a few minutes before trying to start it, but it does not help. Keeping the key in the running position seems to help the most. When it does finally start, I do hear a wine sound today I think is coming from the injectors regaining pressure, unsure.
Any ideas where I might be losing pressure? Much thanks!
Posts in this Thread:
- Starting problems when cold - 1979 900 GLE, BAAB , Mon, 27 May 2013 15:22:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Starting problems when cold - 1979 900 GLE, Saabina , Tue, 28 May 2013 14:10:03
- Fuel accumulator?, blue87, Tue, 28 May 2013 08:27:58
- Re: Starting problems when cold - 1979 900 GLE, Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 27 May 2013 18:38:03
- Re: Starting problems when cold - 1979 900 GLE, LawrenceJ , Mon, 27 May 2013 18:01:59
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