Q: Starting

asked by on March 05, 2017

Have a modified Toyota pickup, was fuel injected now has a carburetor. When cold weather, 40 degrees or below, will start run for 20 seconds or so, then die out and will not start again. Later when weather warms up, 40 degrees or above, starts right up and runs great. It has a webber carburetor, I don't believe it has a computer.

My car has 240000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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