[Shotimes] At a Loss

[Jonathon Beisler]

Hi all,

I made a vow that I wasn't going to ask a question for at least a month, but oh well, I made it nearly three weeks.  I'm having a problem with starting that I thought was the cam sensor.  But that was replaced when I did the 100K mile service.  The car was not doing this eight months ago when I first bought it.  What happens exactly is that it might not start on the first crank or it might but it will take five or more seconds of cranking.  Could this be the fuel pump?  Turning the ignition on and waiting a few seconds for the pump to pressurize doesn't seem to help.  Could it be some sort of electrical glitch or loose connection somewhere?  My tach needle still doesn't read right and I thought that disconnecting the cam sensor was supposed to kill the tach signal but it did not.  I also thought that disconnecting the cam sensor would only result in the computer guessing at start up, but my car started fine then stuttered and died right away, throwing the check engine light in the process.  I did that three times in a row.  I did this on my lunch break so I don't have time to run the codes right now.  Will a bad fuel pump throw any code?  I'm not sure where to start and would appreciate any ideas.  I've got a 94 ATX if that is relevant for this and there don't seem to be any performance issues with the engine.
Thanks for listening,
JB