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Question: 1996 chrysler town and country 3.8l. Hard start when cold

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jaxonsdaddy2010, Post Falls, ID, December 03, 2012, 09:26
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new engine sensors, fuel injectors, fuel pump,catalytic converter.when temp is under 60 degrees you have to push gas to floor. and you have to use gas pedal to keep it running until it gets to about 105 then runs perfectly.About all I am left with is pcm any other ideas car is running me broke

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    globalhelper December 03, 2012, 13:11
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    poss bad idle air control valve is bad

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    jaxonsdaddy2010, December 03, 2012, 14:43
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    its new also

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    pushrod December 03, 2012, 18:20
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    What is the coolant temp. SENSOR readings before starting with eng. cold? Should be ambient.
    Reading, not if it is new! What does the computer think the temp. is?

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