ok so. i have an interesting starting issue going on here.

car: 2000 s40

issue: first time the car starts up it needs to crank for aprox 10-15 seconds before it will fire, after started for the first time it starts normally, but after it sits for 20 min it cranks again. the temp of the motor does not matter.

what i tried: i have tried leaving the key on so it can build fuel pressure and then starting it.


any ideas?

 

Pull the hose off of the fuel pressure regulator and see if there is fuel in the vacuum line.

 

that was the plan, but i didnt have a chance to do it before the woman had to take the car. i will do it when the car is back.

 

Sounds like the common bad fuel pressure regulator.

 

does the whole regulator go bad? or just the vac fittings?

 

The diaphram inside.

 

can that be replaced? i assume not...

 

Now you can buy the metal insert(diaphram) as well as the entire setup.

 

does fcp have this? i didnt see it but i could of missed it.

who does have it.

 

This is the entire assembly. http://www.fcpgroton.com/product-exe...ategory_id/149 I know someone sells just the metal insert but I forget how. There is posts I believe that have where to buy them I will try to find one.

 

i found a place with the metal disc. it was $112. i had an interesting idea though....

what is stopping me from just installing an aftermarket adjustable inline fpr? why couldnt i just disable the stock one and bore out the insides and make it just a fitting, not an fpr, then simple put the aftermarket frp inline.... seems to make sense to me, about $70 cheeper (give or take) and i get some adjustability out of it.

 

Might work only way to really find out is to try it.

 

ok, so i have the car in front of me now. i had pulled off the vacume line while it was running, and while starting. it had no change on it at all. what should i be looking for? i never had a fpr go bad on me....

 

After the car sits off for a little while pull the vacuum line off and see if there is gas in there or if it smells like gas in the vacuum line.

 

will do. its the womans car and she wouldnt let it sit enough for me to check it, i will try to do it this weekend *bangs head on wall, damn women*

 

LOL know the feeling.

 

ok, now that i got a chance to let the car sit, it is indeed leaking out gas. i orderd up the metal part today for $111+ shipping. not to bad, but still more than i wanted to spend.

 

That should fix it right up!

 

My 98' model s40 (turbo model if that makes a difference) does the same, even when i leave just for 2 minutes then try to restart it, the time it stay does not make a difference.

I even have step on the gas pedal nearly all the way down, so is this also the fuel pressure regulator or could it be something else?

 

that sounds more like its a maf style issue or something...

but inorder to check there is a vacuum line on the bottom half of the fuel pressure reg, pull it off with the car off and see if it drips out fuel (let it sit for 30 min first though) if it drips fuel the fpr is bad, if it is fully dry, then the fpr is just dandy