325 touring difficult starting

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dazzy
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Post Mon May 23, 2005 10:10 pm

just a small problem , just replaced head as a valve snapped and got shoved through the combustion chamber, runs great once started but is a pig to start from cold. cleaned tb and replaced temp switches while i was there. any ideas?
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PeteE30Tourer
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Post Tue May 24, 2005 8:11 am

I'm no expert here, but i would look at things that deal with cold starting, i.e. ICV and temperature sender to begin with.
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rickk
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Post Tue May 24, 2005 9:54 am

Throttle position sensor, ICV or a really lean idle mixture.
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dazzy
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Post Tue May 24, 2005 6:31 pm

cheers fellas will have a gander.
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