[V8] Strange no-start fuel issue

[Ed Kellock]

I'll second this suggestion.  Had similar issues with my 89 200q.

Ed


On 4/28/08, Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com> wrote:
> This could be a faulty check-valve at the fuel pump?  Letting fuel
> pressure drop while sitting.
>
> ~Scott S.
>
> toml99 at todomundo.com wrote:
>
> >Hi all, and congratulations to Roger on the new car.  As far as the
> >3.6-4.2 debate goes, with my convenient local station today listing
> >premium for $4.16 and diesel for a pleasant $4.64(I have a diesel
> >truck)...I can't rationalize even wanting a 4.2(but would still like
> >to testdrive one and feel the difference)     .....worse even is my
> >1990 130 2 stroke outboard that burns about 8 gal/hr(somewhere
> >between 3-4mpg at running speed).  And for what it's worth, I just
> >hit 110K, and my cargo nets are perfect....I also want to thank
> >everyone else for the enjoyable reading regarding the purchase of the
> >vehicle...
> >
> >So here's the problem.  Car starts right up,runs/idles/drives great.
> >I can even drive it 1/2 hour down the road, turn it off, starts right
> >up.  If it sits for awhile(1/2 hour, up to today when it was 5 hours
> >in the ski area parking lot and was about 40 degrees out), cranks but
> >no start.  Quick spray of starting fluid, and sparks right up. If I
> >left it overnight in the driveway, will start first crank in the
> >morning.   First time this happened, I tried the cold water on the
> >sensors trick, and nothing.  So, in today's case, the motor was not
> >even warm when I got back to it, so it's not necessarily a
> >temperature thing, but is starting to seem like a time thing.   I
> >also stopped twice on the way down for 5 minutes or so and started
> >fine.  I'm guessing, something electrical is telling the injectors
> >not to open, and that the starting fluid sparks it up and the fuel
> >flows/or some vacuum thing opens up when motor starts, and all is
> >fine....If it wouldn't start at all, I'd check all the fuel delivery
> >stuff, but it's running great(after it starts).  [In the 87 Saab that
> >I just rebuilt and had gone thru all the tests for "no start"(had
> >fuel pressure/injectors worked/spark etc, decided to swap out the ECU
> >and sparked right up].   I "blinked" out no fault codes the last time
> >it wouldn't start.  Any Ideas?...Sincerely Tom La Plante
> >
> >
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