Slow Starting??

[RadarRunner10]

Last week or so, I have noticed the car engine turns over a little longer than usual before starting/firing. Thought maybe the battery was a little weak, so had it tested including the charging system & everything tests fine.

Could it be the fuel pump or something else in the fuel delivery/ignition sytem?

Wouldn't that throw a check engine light or something?

Thanks!

[PureSpeed]

could possibly be your injectors, try some injector cleaner or something of the sort...just out of curiosity, what octane are you running?

[GatorSS]

When was the last time you changed your fuel filter?

[knewsock]

my bird does the same thing. it started off as a minor delay but its gotten worse. i'm gonna check the pressure and i'm hopin thats it or the fuel pressure regulator and not the pump.

[RadarRunner10]

I did the injector cleaner a couple of months ago, but this problem has popped up more recently & seems to be getting worse. One of the reasons I don't want to wait too long, is that it is the wifes' car & I prefer to not have her broke down somewhere. The other is the local dealership has a bunch of morons working there & I've heard too many bad stories about them, so I take the car to the nearest one which is 35 miles away.

Am taking the car tomorrow to have the fuel system cleaning service (includes cleaning the injectors; fuel rail; pressure regulator) & the service manager said they could check the pressure from the fuel pump.

Hopefully this will fix it or they'll find something out & I'll post the results.

[SeVeReDiStOrTiOn]

Try checking/replacing your pcv...it's a long shot but ya never know. When I installed my catch can across the whole engine bay it didn't fire as fast...i'm guessing it's because it takes a sec to build up vacuum. The pcv should rattle when you shake it...

[RadarRunner10]

Well, I got the bad news & it was the fuel pump, which I had ordered & had installed. It was easy for them to check as all they had to do was check the fuel pressure, & sometimes it would not hold up. That is why it would start OK sometimes, & other times slow start.

Went ahead & had them clean the injector & swap the fuel filter.