5ktq accel problems - and now some starting problems

[Larry C Leung]

Yes. Gad tgat gaooeb wutg nt 4KQ (at least the starting probs. if the
fuel pump worked, it ran fine. Of course if your car's a turbo and the
fuel pump is suspect, the extra demands of the turbo on fuel could
possibly explain the poor running (lean).

LL - NY

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:38:00 -0800 (PST) d bier <basiltpooch at yahoo.com>
writes:
>I wrote a couple of days ago about my '88 5000
>stumbling upon accelration. Got many good ideas, none
>of which i've tried because its TOO COLD. in the
>meantime, my starting problem has returned.
>
>I goes like this: If it doesn't start immediately, its
>not gonna start. Unless i do the following: turn
>ignition on, insert fuse in fuel pump relay, remove
>fuse, reinsert, remove fuse and insert for a third
>time. By now the fuel pump should be running (but not
>always - this is probably a clue). If fuel pump is
>running, it will now start - at least 99% of the time.
>It will go for weeks starting fine, and then revert to
>the above described condition for a few days.
>
>Once it starts ,it may or may not run well (reference
>earlier problem with acceleration). All in all, kind
>of annoying, but i love this car, so i put up with it.
>
>could a bad fuel pumprelay be at the root of both of
>these problems? Once again, thanks in advance for your input
>
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