My car has always (since I've owned it) started hard when it is warm. After much sensor cleaning and replacing I thought it was the fuel pump check vavle bleeding out the pressure. Cycle the key a couple times and it usually starts the first try alought it stumbles horribly for the first 5-10 seconds. Well the other day I was working on the interior and moved it a few times to keep her in the shade. The third time I started it she spewed a HUDGE cloud of smoke. Not oilly blueish smoke but the black nasty crap of unburnt/excess fuel. I was wondering if I could have an injector stuck open... Does that sounds like a reasonable concluesion?
hard starts and bad habits
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Rockledge
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Leaky injector (or leaky fuel pressure regulator) sounds reasonable.
Pull the vacuum hose off the FPR next time it's warm and you hare having trouble starting it, check and see if there is any fuel in it.
Pull the vacuum hose off the FPR next time it's warm and you hare having trouble starting it, check and see if there is any fuel in it.
Rockledge
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oh_SHO said:
It's located on the front fuel rail, passenger side of engine. Looks like a small mushroom. It's the one with the vacuum hose attached to it.
Rockledge
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Have you tried pulling the codes?
You're right, you should check the fuel pressure, too.
You're right, you should check the fuel pressure, too.
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