I broke down again. This time in my garage. I decided I'd take my father out for a drive, his first time, in the Fiat. I warmed up the car on this cold November day so I'd be sure the car wouldn't stall. I shut the car down, had some lunch and got ready to head out. With the key in the ignition I went to start her up. The engine turned over and over and over but didn't kick on. There was a smell of gas in the air. I wasn't happy. There was no ride that day.
An hour and a half after having the start issue and after my father had headed home for the day, I tried to start the car. It revved right up! I immediately thought of the cold start valve (aka: The Fifth Injector). A gassy smell? Not starting when hot? I believed that the injector was firing with the warm engine and flooding it out. Time to test.
I did this test three days in a row. Warmed up the car, shut if off and let it sit for a few minutes. Try to start. No luck. I opened the hood, pulled the wire to the cold start and tried to start again. Fired up after a few turn overs. Yay! Now I need to trouble shoot my thermo time switch, wiring and injector. Since it's not firing when I unplug the wire I'm going to assume it's the thermo time switch.
Sadly, thermo time switches aren't cheap. I think that is why the previous owner was wiring in some sort of kill switch.