Aussieveedubbers · Tech Talk

1600 slow to start when wet/humid

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/48175/1600-slow-to-start-when-wethumid

slowbay70 ·

have had car recently tuned up/etc driving great, but have noted a few times when humidity is high or car gets even a bit wet that takes awhile for car to start...anything i can do?

General_Failure ·

Hmm.. I had this problem. I used to live in a very moist area. What would happen is the moisture from fog/rain/humidity would get into the distributor assembly between the cap and the dizzy body. Because there is no seal this happens quite easily.
I just lived with it.

There could also be some moisture arcing out your HT wires somewehere else too.

What was touched and replaced during the tuneup?

slowbay70 ·

this was happening prior to the tune up, just the reg stuff, oil, he knew about the problem, was also stalling out at low rpms, doesnt do that now

General_Failure ·

did he replace the distributor cap?

76camper ·

moisture can affected points i think, one reason why so many use electronic triggering instead of points...