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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: The Big Easy, Pelican State
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Where's the accumulator?
I am back at the well with yet another question. I really appreciate the help from the board experts.
My '77 Targa is hard to start both cold and hot. It grinds and grinds, then 1 cylider fires, then another and it starts. The hot starts are only a problem when the car sits for 10 or 15 minutes. If it kills and I start it right away, it starts fine. Also it runs fine after it starts. So I think this is a fuel pressure problem. I understand there is an accumulator which hold pressure. Where is it? How can I tell if it's bad? Any problem with replacing it? Frank |
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04-23-2002, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lacey, WA. USA
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The accumulator in my car is an army/olive green thing next to the fuel filter. Just behind the engine compartment fuse panel. I'd expect the check valve on your fuel pump is a more likely culprit than the accumulator, and much cheaper too. Your hot start problem sounds classic, but low residual fuel pressure is just not a cause of poor cold starting. My car has basically no fuel pressure in the morning and it starts okay. If cold starting does not work right away, your Cold Start Valve system is probably not working.
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