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Joel, I had an 81 that did this same type of thing.
After replacing quite a few things, I found that the control pump was weak. I
pulled it apart, cleaned it up, and the car then started great. Cranking the car
a long time does no good, because after a short time the computer shuts down the
fuel. If it doesn't start within the first few rotations, turn it off and try
again. Sometimes turning the key on and off a few times will get the pump to
push enough fuel through to start it. Bob
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:12
PM
Subject: RE: IML: 1983 Chrysler Imperial:
starting problems
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all
the quick & informative replies, they are much appreciated! I have a
few things to clarify though. This car used to belong to "William" who I
just realized (after going through the IML history),posted regularly on
the mailing list and apparently had quite the adventure getting it
running. I thought that was kind of interesting. I basically
impulse-bought it late April after seeing it listed online for a good
price & drove it home the same day.
After reading some of the
IML history, and the informative replies i've received, I definitely
have a few things to check out with the engine, i'll keep you posted on
how things go.
Thanks again for all the help!
Joel
Smith
Edmonton, Alberta.
--- On Fri 06/04, Joel Smith <
joelrsmith@xxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
From:
Joel Smith [mailto: joelrsmith@xxxxxxxxxx]
To:
mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004
13:40:48 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: IML: 1983 Chrysler Imperial:
starting problems
Hi Guys,
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 thi s 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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