200TQ hard starting (still) - some updates. HELP (please)!
Ti Kan
ti at amb.org
Sun May 23 22:40:28 EDT 2004
Bart Oleksy writes:
> The main thing seems to be that the fuel pump doesn't kick in (engage)
> for 4-6 seconds after I try starting the car.
How was this verified? Did you check that no voltage actually
appears at the fuel pump until after 4-6 seconds?
> Any other suggestions on
> what to check, that could be contributing to the problem? He's getting
> stumped, but because pressure seems to be holding in the system (after
> swapping out the accumulator) he doesn't think it's the injectors.
Here again, how did he rule out the injectors? Did he actually hook up
a pressure gauge to monitor the system pressure? Since the fuel pump
is new and the accumulator has been swapped, the likelihood for
a problem like this are that some of the injectors are leaking....
-Ti
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