Trouble Starting When Hot
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:52 pmHi all,
I have a 1999 Solara, V6 and manual tranny. It's got just over 175k kms on it (so just under 110k miles). It's given me 3 trouble-free years, including a recent drive from Vancouver to Las Vegas and back, but it's developed a recent problem starting when warm. On a few occasions in the past month I've shut it off, but then had to start it up right away. It'll crank, but won't turn over. If I let it sit for a minute or so it'll fire right up, so this isn't the end of the world, but as summer approaches I want to get this dealt with. It's never given me any problems starting while cold. Battery is good, plugs and wires are fairly new, and the temp gauge never gets above mid-point. Here are the times it's given me grief lately:
1) Prior to 3000 mile roadtrip, about a month ago I drove ~50 miles (mostly highway). Stopped to get gas. Shut car off at pump, realized pump was broken, tried to restart car to move to next pump. It wouldn't turn over (I suspected it was out of gas and just pushed it up to the next pump). Filled it up and it started up no problem.
2) While on 3000 mile roadtrip last week. Finished day of driving ~500 miles (all highway). Stopped at restaurant. Realized restaurant was closed, went to re-start car. It wouldn't turn over. Let it sit for 1-2 minutes. Tried again. It fired right up.
3) This morning, drove ~5 miles to work. Parked car. Got out, realized I had done a piss-poor job of parking it. Got in to start and move car. It wouldn't turn over. Let it sit for 1-2 minutes, tried again and it fired right up.
I'm thinking of starting by cleaning the IAC and MAF, but wanted to see if anyone else had any suggestions? I'm do things like rotate my tires, change my plugs and oil, but not a heck of a lot else. I searched the archives but didn't find anything exactly like this problem. Any and all help is appreciated, thanks!
I have a 1999 Solara, V6 and manual tranny. It's got just over 175k kms on it (so just under 110k miles). It's given me 3 trouble-free years, including a recent drive from Vancouver to Las Vegas and back, but it's developed a recent problem starting when warm. On a few occasions in the past month I've shut it off, but then had to start it up right away. It'll crank, but won't turn over. If I let it sit for a minute or so it'll fire right up, so this isn't the end of the world, but as summer approaches I want to get this dealt with. It's never given me any problems starting while cold. Battery is good, plugs and wires are fairly new, and the temp gauge never gets above mid-point. Here are the times it's given me grief lately:
1) Prior to 3000 mile roadtrip, about a month ago I drove ~50 miles (mostly highway). Stopped to get gas. Shut car off at pump, realized pump was broken, tried to restart car to move to next pump. It wouldn't turn over (I suspected it was out of gas and just pushed it up to the next pump). Filled it up and it started up no problem.
2) While on 3000 mile roadtrip last week. Finished day of driving ~500 miles (all highway). Stopped at restaurant. Realized restaurant was closed, went to re-start car. It wouldn't turn over. Let it sit for 1-2 minutes. Tried again. It fired right up.
3) This morning, drove ~5 miles to work. Parked car. Got out, realized I had done a piss-poor job of parking it. Got in to start and move car. It wouldn't turn over. Let it sit for 1-2 minutes, tried again and it fired right up.
I'm thinking of starting by cleaning the IAC and MAF, but wanted to see if anyone else had any suggestions? I'm do things like rotate my tires, change my plugs and oil, but not a heck of a lot else. I searched the archives but didn't find anything exactly like this problem. Any and all help is appreciated, thanks!