1983 Chrysler Imperial: starting problems
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1983 Chrysler Imperial: starting problems
- From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 23:50:38 -0400
That is correct about the asterix.
Paul
In a message dated 6/4/2004 9:06:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jsadowski@xxxxxxx
writes:
> I believe the asterix means the dash has either been repaired or replaced.
>That was one of the 80's Imperials big problems. I knew someone that bought an
>81 sometime around late 83 & he had the no start problem then. There were
>times when he would crank it till the battery was nearly dead, then leave it
>15-20 minutes & it would start immediately. We worked at the same place, so I
>had given him a ride over to the Chrysler dealer several times when he brought
>the car to be fixed. Every time I was there, they had one or two of them in
>the shop with lots of parts removed & stacked all over the place. I asked the
>mechanic working on one of them one time I was there what was wrong with them,
>since every time I was there, they always had at least one like that. He
>didn't seem to want to volunteer too much info other then to say it wouldn't
>start. After word came out that the cars had major problems that would require
>a major retrofit & that the parts to do so were in very short supply & cost
>$2-3 K to accomplish, he got rid of the Imperial in a hurry at a big loss.
> John
> >
> > 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 this 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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