At the risk of sounding like a blow hard, I would say if the car is suppose to start with one pump of the throttle when cold, and your takes six, than there is something wrong with the car, not the weather. It sounds to me like your mechanic doesn't want to fix it. In that case, you should learn how to take care of the problem yourself by reading as much as possible, or find a new mechanic who wants to help you when you say that you have a problem with your car. Paul In an email dated Sun, 6 2 2005 12:50:55 am GMT, mark blitman <markblitman@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >my mechanic told me that starting my '74 Imperial on the first turn cold >would require several quick pumps of the gas pedal; he says the >re-formulated gas combined with the design of the TQ bowl makes this >necessary..so far on 6 straight cold mornings he is right..I am also >sensing the fast idle being set where before with a single pump(as per >the visor instructions) the fast idle never set..has this happened to >anyone else? ?thanks! ? sorry if I am being redundant; this has probably >been covered before... > > >----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com ?----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm