I’m not sure but I can tell you that you discovered something that you prolly wouldof never thought of. What I mean is if that relay looks like that then imagine what the rest of electrical relays or other electrical parts could look like. It’s definitely gona be a lot of time and chasing but...
the fan delay relay is one of the only relays from factory that’s not a US made and it corrodes inside. The fan delay relay is what makes the electrical fan stay on after turning off the car if it’s at high temp. when shutting down. It’s one of the worst parts installed from factory on GN’s.
Another thing to check when changing the starter is check the condition of the fusible link between the wire that goes to the starter. During my chase fort electrical gremlin the fusible link was melting and one day I wasn’t getting any crank from the starter as I was about to take off the...
Idk if this well help you but I had a electrical issue that I was chasing for almost a year. All though it’s not exactly like your issue but the similarity of the cold first start and driving does relate to the issue I had. I’m positive that you will say that it’s working fine and I also did...
Check for those famous exhaust manifold cracks, double check all vacuum hoses and the scanmaster #’s should point you into a direction if you remember your #’s before it started ticking