Cold Starting

[Dogsbody]

Hello all. My Coupe 2000ie is not following the rules on starting from cold! If I turn her over on the starter without touching anything she will eventually stagger into life at very low rpm and require throttle for a couple of minutes to warm up slightly. As she warms up the tickover gradually gets to normal speed.
On the other hand if I spin her over and dab the throttle she starts instantly and has to be held on the throttle until she warms up a bit.
I assume there is some fault in the cold starting mechanism.
Any advice would be welcome!

[Neil-yaj396]

Isn't there an extra cold start injector somewhere? If so this probably isn't working. Otherwise is it a sensor fault; i.e. no signal to the ECU that the engine is cold?

[Dogsbody]

Hi Neil. You are correct but I confess I don't know how to check!
Thanks, David.