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Old 05-20-2015, 01:45 PM
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Hello. 4 years ago I bought my 95 T/A. I found that from day one that if it sat for more than several hours, I would have to leave the key in the accessory forward position for 8-10 seconds for the car to fire up right away. If it has been less time, the car fires right up. Just this morning I found it to be an even harder start than normal. I have installed new plugs approx: 8k ago. I just put a pressure gauge on it and I get 43 PSI which is normal. I am going to let the car sit for 7 hours and test it again. My first course of action will be to change the fuel filter (cheapest and easy)
Then I am thinking FPR and finally Fuel pump. I really am not looking forward to that though hehe. Any ideas? thanks
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Old 05-20-2015, 05:20 PM
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How long does it hold the fuel pressure?
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So far 18 minutes after I turned it off.
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Old 05-20-2015, 07:31 PM
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Alright, so the fuel pressure just started to dip by 2 PSI about 25 minutes after It was shut off.
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Old 05-20-2015, 10:56 PM
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fuel pressure is fine. pressure drop is fine. mine drops alot faster and starts up right away. i would be looking at spark/opti signal. any codes? low res pulse at low rpm with an oil filled opti can do this.

reason i think its not fuel. no matter how long you keep the key on it only primes pump for no more then 2 seconds. but you can try cycling key three time (on for 2 seconds off for 5 seconds....). that will rule out fuel delivery.
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Security light on dash doesn't light up does it? You can try cleaning the resistor on the key. Probably not the issue but it's something to rule out.
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No security light. The thing is it runs great once started. If I try to start it with out turning the key back and forth 3 times it will crank and crank...
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