[s-cars] Cranking problems...

[Nick Stuart]

Will see if I can find me some of that stuff. Thanks for the input,
and the more I think about it that kind of makes sense. But will of
course have to try it out to see if it actually helps or not.

-Nick

On Apr 5, 2005 1:13 PM, Jerry Scott <jerryscott at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Nick
> I had a similar starting problem a while back.  I put a fuel pressure
> gauge on the fuel rail and found that when it would not start, I did not
> have pressure at the rail. It would take a lot of cranking to get the
> fuel pressure up to 58 psi..  I ran a can of B&G 44K through the tank
> which so far has cured the problem.  My guess is that the check valve at
> the fuel pump (in the tank), or the fuel pressure regulator, (FPR) on
> the fuel rail, has gummed-up and now allows the fuel to drain back to
> the tank after the car sits for a while. When you go to start, the fuel
> line has to fill before it will fire. Try the B&G for about $20 before
> replacing the FRP or the fuel pump.
> Jerry
> 
> Nick Stuart wrote:
> 
> >Hello all. I (well my brother and I) just replaced the timing belt on
> >my 92 S4, good thing we did too because we were able to just pull it
> >off !eek!.
> >
> >Anyways, everything was running fine and dandy until yesterday. The
> >car is now taking a lot of cranking to fire up, and only when its
> >cold. If its been running, even for a short amount of time (like less
> >then 5 mins) it will still fire right up.
> >
> >It never did this before, even in sub-zero temps when the FP would
> >complain because it probably had some moisture in it. Everything
> >besides the starting is running fine. Idles fine, pulls strong, no
> >hesitation or nothing, and all temps reach normal as they did before.
> >Haven't pulled the codes yet, but am going to try to tonight.
> >
> >And the battery is brandy new with in the last few months. Will the
> >check voltage out though to see if its charging strong. Where should I
> >place the multimeter for this? Right from the battery or somewhere
> >else?
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks for the help!
> >Nick long starting S
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