[Shotimes] What Happened ?

[James White]

I think that the hard start problem might be the fuel check valve.

A long time ago the '93mtx would do this and Doug Mellum @ P.Plus 
replaced it during a 60k.  Problem solved.

My first '95mtx never had this problem. 1 - 2 - start.  Everytime,
except when the crank sensor went to lunch.

Now my second '95mtx has always been subject to this hard start problem,
except for the first start of the day or if it has been off for 
only a minute or two. First thing in the morning, 1 - 2 - start. 
But during the rest of the day, almost always I have to crank it 
a second or sometimes a third time to get it to fire up.

I don't mind all that much, because I think that a little extended 
cranking allows the oil to flow to where it is needed for the actual 
start.

As the third owner, and now with 199k who knows how old the fuel 
pump is?  When the weather gets better, I guess that I will replace 
both the pump and the check valve, but that has got to be after I 
replace the clutch on my wife's Nissan pick-up.

regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net


At Monday, 6 March 2006, "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@comcast.net> wrote:

>Shop cleaned something else while they were in there? CPS wire connector?
>Throttle body? MAF connector? CPS?Fuel filter?MAF?
>Please tell us! Mine does the same thing.
>Lee
>94 MTX 75% instant starter
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Peter Maggiacomo" <gtsrider@yahoo.com>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:15 PM
>Subject: [Shotimes] What Happened ?
>
>> I've had my 95MTX for 5 years now and it always had a
>> peculiur starting procedure. Turn key and crank for
>> no more than 3 seconds and turn key back to on
>> position... would start 75% of the time. Repeat if it
>> did not start. If that did'nt work, hold pedal to
>> floor
>> and crank... would always start then. I learned to
>> live with it over the years.
>> Last week my timing belt tensioner bearing went, and
>> I had it replaced. Got lucky shop found an NOS on
>> local dealer shelf. Also had him put in a new belt as
>> long as he was in there, even though it had been
>> replaced a year ago. But here's the thing... the
>> engine is now an instant starter 100% of the time!
>> And idles smoother with more responsiveness to low
>> end throttle. So what happened?
>> -Pete
>> Tampa, Fl.
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