Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:34:10 GMT From: "S Moe" <scottdmoenospamast.net> Subject: Intermitant hard starting
My car starts and runs great if it is cool outside. The past few weeks in > Seattle it has been in the upper 70's and 80's. Intermittently my car cranks > over and will not start. Then I wait and talk to it for a few minutes and it > starts. It has only failed when it has been parked in the sun. It has never > done this in my garage or on cooler days. I replaced the fuel pump, relay > and check valve about six months ago due to a total pump failure. I also > have had a new strange problem with my instrument panel going dead, > including the clock. The car keeps running. I pull over and restart it and > everything is fine. No blown fuses, new fuel filter and no logged or active > faults. I have had lots of nice long talks with the car trying to convince > it to stop this. I am stuck. Anyone have any ideas? 80,000 miles. > Thanks