Slow starting issue...

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:53 pm

2000 highline ATX 3spd
Having a slow start issue.

Car cranks and cranks and cranks, then finally starts. Only when the engine is cold. When it's warm, it starts right up. Once it's running, it runs fine. Checked the battery, starter and alternator and all three were good. Fuel pump's doing its thing every time I turn the key. Plugs and wires are a little over a month old. New crank sensor. I may be dramatic but it seems like its getting worse and worse each time.

Any experience? Suggestions? Help?

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:55 am

Either check the actual fuel pressure, before cranking, or possibly the cam sensor is not working well until it heats up.

Usually things get worse as they get hot, but possibly thermal expansion is helping this time.

Did you ever replace the crank sensor connector? Didn't you have water issues with it last time when it was power washed?

mrsixstrings12 · Post by **mrsixstrings12** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:22 am

My car did the same thing. Changed the cam sensor and it fixed it

mopar2 · Post by **mopar2** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:45 am

Im pretty sure we have this solved on the facebook page. I told him to cycle his key a couple times before starting and sure enough. He's having fuel drain back issues. His fuel pump isn't staying primed.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:09 pm

that would be a regulator problem, not a pump problem

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:48 pm

Or an injector leaking off. It would be obvious if you kept priming it and had a horrible miss when it did start.

Or pulled the fuel rail from the IM and primed.

Smoking is not recommended for that part.

IIRC, it shouldn't drop more than 10 psi in 30 minutes or some shizzz like that.

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:21 pm

If I turn the key to "ON" then back off THEN start it, it cranks right up.

Back when it kept cutting off on me, I thought it was the regulator first. A friend of mine gave me one that he had sitting in his garage. Of course it ended up being the crank sensor (btw, I didn't change the connector).

So...I think I'm just going to buy a new regulator from my job.