Gday

my sister was virtualy given a 1995 sb barina innearly perfect condition,
BUT it has a small issue with cold starts
it starts good after we cleaned the rotor cap and button (elec dizzy)
but idles a bit rough and will only just take off with very light acceleration
any more then 1/8 depression of the pedal will cause it to shutter reely bad and nearly stall
its an auto with a carbouretor
and when it warms up it runs faultlessly and is quite nippy
this is a problem only because the car is only driven short distances less then 10-15 minute drives

is it plausible that the carb gasket is leaking causing there to be loss of vaccum and a bad mixture, when the manifold warms it swells and closes the gap?
Or does this point towards a choke issue?
(auto choke)

as always help is greatly appreciated
thanks
jason

should hav throttle body injection,c12nz or c14nz engine
early camira type injection
check coolent temp sender
check rest of ignition ,needs more spark when cold
tommo

most likely cause, spark plug gap is worn too big. Remove and inspect is easy.

hey thanks for the heads up guys
Will look into that tomoro.
Was at the wreckers with a mate and we looked at a 96 barina which had an opel rocker cover and was injected. But sisters is definatly carb.

Anyway thanks guys.