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Old 07-26-2003, 12:06 AM
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Black Beauty almost left me stranded

I left work and drove about a mile down to the Standard Station for a cold Soda for the ride home.She fired up like normal when I left work. I shut her down and went in for a couple of minutes came out and she would not start. Shed turn over fine but no cylinders popping or anything its as if I pulled the coil wire.after about a half an hour of cranking it every few minutes I dribbled a little fuel down the intake she hit on the first tap off the key. I am going to replace the fuel filter, I have a New relay I could install but I dont think that the problem. it was about 78 out side and BlackBeauty was parked out in the hot sun allday so I dont think it was the cold start. Anyone have any ideas?

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Old 07-26-2003, 12:29 AM
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Hi Steve - while I'm sure that you know BlackBeauty intimatley, I for one, haven't got a clue as to what MAKE, MODEL or MODEL YEAR you're talking about... that kind of info would be useful in guessing at the no start problem.

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Old 07-26-2003, 12:37 AM
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Old 07-26-2003, 11:59 PM
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It could be that the fuel pressure is leaking down and you're experiencing vapor lock. The only real way to check for this is to attach a fuel pressure gauge.

A common cause for this is a defective fuel accumulator, part of the fuel pump assembly, but it could be a number of things causing this.
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Old 07-27-2003, 12:45 PM
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I am replacing the Fuel pump relay today. I will check on the accumulator. I do sell a number of the for the 911 hadnt thought about it going bad. steve

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