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Hey guys as the title states my cars been struggling to start first thing in the morning. I just had my car retuned on united e85 and since then it takes around 5-6 cranks in the morning and even when im leaving work in the arvo (if its still quite cool) when it was tuned on caltex eflex i had no dramas but with united e85 having a higher ethanol content its obviously struggling with the cold starts. Im running a power fc with the usual bolt on mods. Heres a pic of my crank settings...just wondering if i can adjust these and what i should adjust them to for an easier cold start. Cheers!20190605_055436.jpeg

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Do you mean if it doesnt work set it to 64 in the -10°C?

Try bumping up the time in the +10°C to 32 ms and see if that helps. If it does, set it back, and try 64 in the -10°C instead.
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  • 1 year later...

Just an update on my starting issues. I ended up getting a brand new oem cas and took it back to my tuner to make sure it was installed correctly. It starts up first go every time now...even if i havent driven the car in a few weeks. Still runs a bit sluggish on a cold start, but once it reaches normal operating temp its perfect, so it must require some fine tuning for cold running.

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