Near disaster !

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ga.spyder
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider 2000
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I have been fighting and no hot start issue for a couple years! Finally, I figured it out. The Thermo time switch was bad, causing the coldstart injector to fire when it shouldn’t. Long story short, it was flooding the motor. Car has been running great.Pulled it into the garage this morning for a little cleaning and maintenance. As I drove it into the garage ,I smelled fuel. Also,some smoke. Never a good combo. Open the hood to see my cold start valve spraying fuel everywhere!. I shut it down as quick as I could. Luckily, no ignition of the fuel. Somehow, my cold start injector the body has separated from the actual injector. I’ve had it on and off so many times that may have had something to do with it. Anybody have a decent used CSI?
Craig Nelson

1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
2001 BMW 328ci daily driver and track car
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Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
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Wow, close call! :shock:
'80 FI Spider 2000
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
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