Technical Not Starting
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Technical Not Starting
Let me get it straight: You start the engine when cold, and then it turns off, unable to hold it's rpm (rotations per minute) steady, right? 
If so, it seems like you are talking about the so called "cold start thermal sensor".
This sensor is kind of a "thermostat". It measures the temperature of the engine cooling fluid, and sends a signal to the automatic choke to adjust the engine rpm's on a certain high level (so that it won't turn off when starting cold)...
It is located in the rear part of the engine, next to the injection petrol feeder pipes.
I am sorry that I cannot attach a piture of it's exact location and shape...
You will recognise it from the wire plug that it is connected with.
You can detach the plug by pressing a thin, but rigid metal wire that is fitted to the plug, and functions as a safety for removal. You have to press the metal in a vertical direction to the axis of the wire (I hope I am writting this the right way, because you have to be really careful, so as not to cause any damage, such as cutting the wires!!!)
When you detach the plug, you will see that this sensor has a light blue-gray colour on it's top, where the plug is connected, and that it is screwed on the engine.
What you need to check, is:
1) whether any of the 2 wires (+ and -) that this plug connents has been cut.
2) if not case (1) is the problem, you need then to replace this sensor.
(As far as I remember, it costs about 10 euros, but Athens is quite an expensive city, so consider this price merely as an upper cost limit)
I hope this info will be of some assistance to you. In case you haven't managed to get the car to a succesfull cold-start (and keep it's rpm steady), tell me, and I'll post you a picture of my Tempra's engine compartment, with full details, as soon as possible.
Good luck!
If so,
it seems like you are talking about the so called "cold start thermal sensor".This sensor is kind of a "thermostat". It measures the temperature of the engine cooling fluid, and sends a signal to the automatic choke to adjust the engine rpm's on a certain high level (so that it won't turn off when starting cold)...
It is located in the rear part of the engine, next to the injection petrol feeder pipes.
I am sorry that I cannot attach a piture of it's exact location and shape...
You will recognise it from the wire plug that it is connected with.
You can detach the plug by pressing a thin, but rigid metal wire that is fitted to the plug, and functions as a safety for removal. You have to press the metal in a vertical direction to the axis of the wire (I hope I am writting this the right way, because you have to be really careful, so as not to cause any damage, such as cutting the wires!!!)
When you detach the plug, you will see that this sensor has a light blue-gray colour on it's top, where the plug is connected, and that it is screwed on the engine.
What you need to check, is:
1) whether any of the 2 wires (+ and -) that this plug connents has been cut.
2) if not case (1) is the problem, you need then to replace this sensor.
(As far as I remember, it costs about 10 euros, but Athens is quite an expensive city, so consider this price merely as an upper cost limit)
I hope this info will be of some assistance to you. In case you haven't managed to get the car to a succesfull cold-start (and keep it's rpm steady), tell me, and I'll post you a picture of my Tempra's engine compartment, with full details, as soon as possible.
Good luck!
