My new '82

["Joel Smith" <joelrsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob,

I have a 1983 Chrysler Imperial EFI (which I am selling), and it always takes several "cranks" to start, no matter what. In the 2 months that I have been using it as a daily driver, it has never started on me "instantly", excessive cranking is always required. In addition to that, it has refused to start on me twice (which isn't that bad), and both were on hot days. The first time, it started right up after waiting 30 mins, the second time, it didn't start period. I tried pouring gas down the wing nut, etc, etc, but I didn't even get it to fire once (maybe lack of spark / humidity / i have no idea / problem), so I had to wait until the next morning (when it was cool) and it started right up. I would investigate this problem further if it happened more often, which luckily it does not.

And that is the limit of my experience with these cars. I would suggest checking the IML archives , there are some good posts there from not too long ago(some were posted in regards to my starting problem that I am still having)

Joel Smith
Edmonton, Alberta

--- On Sat 06/26, Rob P < fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:

From: Rob P [mailto: fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:47:25 -0400
Subject: IML: My new '82

I just got my "new" '82 Imperial home. I have a hard starting problem.
Seems that you have to crank it over a bunch of times an it will just
randomly start. The car is stone stock efi as far as I can tell. What are
the first things to check? I basically bought the car without looking at it
for the seats. I'm afraid to even take the air cleaner top off because I
know how finicky these things can be.

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