My girlfriend is looking at buying a 190E, 2.3 SOHC. It's got this cold start issue. First start of the day, you have to crank the car 2 or 3 times to get it to start. After that, it's fine. I have some experience with K-jet (Volvos), but have never had to solve a cold start issue.

Is this very common? Is there an easy test for the cold start injector? Is this a possible indicator of bigger problems in the fuel system?

I was thinking it could be the fuel pump relay as well, but don't see them on ********.

Any advice is appreciated.