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Engine Difficult to Start When Cold

Check:

1. Engine Coolant Temperature (ECT) Sensor (code 6)
2. Fast Idle Thermo Valve
3. Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) Sensor (code 3,5)
4. TDC/CRANK/CYL Sensor (code 4,8,9)
5. Barometric Pressure (BARO) Sensor (code 13)
6. ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) (BU)

(BU) code used when the MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WARNING LAMP is on. Jump the service check connector, if no code is displayed (MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WARNING LAMP stays on steady), the back-up system is in operation.

Self-diagnosis indicator, (MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WARNING LAMP) blinks (?), will follow associated systems.