Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:31:18 GMT From: "S Moe" <scottdmoenospamast.net> Subject: 96 9000 aero (Intermittant hard starting on hot days)
My car starts and runs great if it is cool outside. The past few weeks in Seattle it has been in the upper 70's and 80's. Intermittently my car cranks over and will not start. Then I wait and talk to it for a few minutes and it starts. It has only failed when it has been parked in the sun. It has never done this in my garage or on cooler days. I replaced the fuel pump, relay and check valve about six months ago due to a total pump failure. I also have had a new strange problem with my instrument panel going dead, including the clock. The car keeps running. I pull over and restart it and everything is fine. No blown fuses, new fuel filter and no logged or active faults. I have had lots of nice long talks with the car trying to convince it to stop this. I am stuck. Anyone have any ideas? 80,000 miles. Thanks