3200GTA issue on start up

Hi Carlton, welcome, I had one for about 12 years, still miss it. Sorry I’ve been quite busy in London today hence only reading this now.

This could be a number of things, I’m finding it a bit difficult to understand all the symptoms.

Is this problem erratic, as you mention it also runs fine.

Assuming its erratic first thing to do is get the car to a diagnostic reader so the stored error codes can be viewed. Where are you geographically.

My first thought is the throttle body, then potentiometer, have you tried a throttle reset. You could take the hoses off and check if the butterfly is moving freely.

I would also check all the hoses are not loose as a start.

Tony

Just to add, if your car is a late 3200 you can get OBDII diagnostic code readers for not a lot (£15-£30 for decent ones) these days and get the error codes. It will have a standard OBDII cable with the 16 pin female connector hanging under the steering wheel. All cars produced after 1st Jan 2001 must have the latest OBDII standard (EOBDII – the European version).

I use an app on my phone connecting via Bluetooth to my OBDII reader – works a treat.