Ben12345

I bought an 85 380SE about 3 months ago, it has over 200K miles. Mine was hard to start hot until i got familiar with it's personality (and cleaned up a few things). This is what I did : cleaned the ICV with carb cleaner, cleaned the air intake (air flow) with carb cleaner. Then removed the injectors and cleaned them with carb cleaner and oiled the injector seals (since then I've replaced the seals). When the engine is hot, I crank and gently press the gas pedal at the same time. It works every time now. I believe one cause of difficult hot starts is leaking fuel injectors. They can dribble gas when they're not supposed to and experience a vacuum leak around the seals if they are old and hard. Hope this helps.

djb2000