1983 Chrysler Imperial: starting problems
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1983 Chrysler Imperial: starting problems



That is correct about the asterix. 

Paul

In a message dated 6/4/2004 9:06:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jsadowski@xxxxxxx 
writes:

> I believe the asterix means the dash has either been repaired or replaced. 
>That was one of the 80's Imperials big problems. I knew someone that bought an 
>81 sometime around late 83 & he had the no start problem then. There were 
>times when he would crank it till the battery was nearly dead, then leave it 
>15-20 minutes & it would start immediately. We worked at the same place, so I 
>had given him a ride over to the Chrysler dealer several times when he brought 
>the car to be fixed. Every time I was there, they had one or two of them in 
>the shop with lots of parts removed & stacked all over the place. I asked the 
>mechanic working on one of them one time I was there what was wrong with them, 
>since every time I was there, they always had at least one like that. He 
>didn't seem to want to volunteer too much info other then to say it wouldn't 
>start. After word came out that the cars had major problems that would require 
>a major retrofit & that the parts to do so were in very short supply & cost 
>$2-3 K to accomplish, he got rid of the Imperial in a hurry at a big loss.
> John
> > 
> > I have a 1983 Chrysler Imperial that I purchased about a month ago. It's in 
>pretty decent condition, but does have some rust in the rear left & right 
>quarter panel & the bottom of the deck lid. It has 130,000 Miles on it (but 
>there is an asterix beside where it says that, don't know what that means) and 
>gets from 15 - 20 US MPG on a tank.
> > 
> > Right from the beginning, whenever I would start it, it would crank over a 
>bit more than what I would expect a "normal" car to do, although I did hear 
>from a certain mechanic that due to it's older computer, that could be normal. 
>It always drives & idles nice though. Anyways, here's what happened: I drove 
>my car to work friday morning (7:30 am), and it did it's usual "longer than 
>normal" start, all was good. It sat all day at work in about say 20 C (68 F) 
>temperature. I finished work around 5:00 pm and went to start my car. The 
>first try I held the key in the "start" position for about 6 - 8 seconds, it 
>just cranked, didn't fire once. This was kind of surprising, as it had never 
>done this before. So I tried it again, nothing. After that, i tried pumping 
>the gas pedal (I usually NEVER touch the gas pedal at all before or during 
>starting) while I was cranking it, it actually fired one or two times but 
>didn't start. Next, I pulled off the air cleaner cover, & I could smell gas( 
>but it didn't appear flooded), so I left the cover off for a minute or two, 
>then put it back on and tried again. Nothing. 
> > 
> > So after that I went back inside to where I work & called AMA to send over 
>a tow truck. Next ( about 30 mins had passed since I had last tried starting 
>the car) I went outside again to see if I could start the car. I put the key 
>in and cranked it...it didn't fire for a sec or two, but then caught a few 
>times & started. For the first few seconds it ran rough, like it had too much 
>/ too little fuel, but after that it smoothed out and idled like it has always 
>had before (it idles nice btw). So now i'm a little scared about something 
>like this happening again (i've been driving it for about 4 days since then 
>and it's always started). Now would any of you guys have any idea what the 
>problem could be and what I can do to fix it? I'm also interested in why it 
>seems to need a few excessive cranks to start. 
> > 
> > Oh, and you can check out pictures of my car here: 
> > http://www3.telus.net/agentsmith
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Joel Smith
> > Edmonton, Alberta.
> > 
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