Cold Starting

[bowman]

Hello,

I just bought a 1991 300 TE and have been enjoying this forum a lot for about three weeks since. I was able to put in a new Stereo bypassing factory fader, new tie-rod ends, front wheel bearings and am loving this car.

However, it has a cold start problem. In the morning, I have to use starter fluid (!) or I risk killing my battery, it takes that long to catch. Using this forum again, I bought a cold start valve off ebay ($20) ($260 new) thinking that since the car wouldn't start when it was cold, it had to be the cold start valve. No dice.

The compression on this motor is 160 - 178 throughout (decent 165,000 miles)

Any ideas? The car starts fine if it warmed up.

Thanks for any advice,

Bowman