Doesn't like warm starts?

[handovdoom]

So it's not a major problem, but it's a bit embarrassing sometimes.

My car always starts fine when it's cold, but it seems if I shut it off for 5 minutes to go in somewhere and then come back to try and start it, it doesn't. I can just hear the starter going and don't hear any signs of combustion.

Eventually it will start after a minute or two, and there doesn't appear to be any excess gas coming out of the exhaust, which makes me think that the engine wasn't getting any fuel when it was being started.

I found that the easiest way to ensure that it starts is to pump the gas a little bit.

Anyone encountered this before? Does something need to be cleaned or what (that's my guess)?

[ExplodingCake]

Try cleaning your injectors. Replace your fuel filter.

Does the fuel pump work during warm weather?

[BB6-SH]

might be your main relay

[jhnyct]

Main relay is more of a hot weather problem.

[3tcRob]

could be a regulator problem Find someone with a fuel pressure gauge and hook it up to the rail start the car and turn it off see if the rail pressure bleeds down if it does you could have a leaking injector or a bad regulator that isnt holding pressure

[accordaffair]

I'm thinking main relay, but you're right, it's usually a warm weather sort of problem

[MyHonnaCB7]

try a new fuel filter. i had the same problem, and your right, it is a bit embarassing. that fixed my problem.

[handovdoom]

Thanks for all the quick responses!

I think that I'll try getting the fuel filter replaced first and see how it goes from there. (because it seems like the most inexpensive fix)

The problem doesn't seem to have anything to do with the weather since it does it when it does it in the summer and in the winter. It's been doing this for the past few months, it might only do it once every two weeks, but it's a pain.

[jszuba]

Sounds also like the Main Relay symptom...
I had a problem with it, no matter what the weather.
But then again my CB7 is posessed