troubleshooting a taurus

[George Najarian]

Fuel pressure bleeds down overnight, but should build to normal in ~2
seconds or less.

On Fri, 6 Sep 1996 15:20:04 +0000, Mike Fahrion wrote:

>Sorry if this is a bit off subject.
>
>A coworker has paid an insane sum to a dealer to fix a problem which 
>hasn't gone away - and I believe that it should be a simple EFI 
>problem.
>
>The taurus has a very hard time starting after sitting overnite or 
>over perhaps 8-10 hours.  Takes a large amount of cranking with no 
>firing, then stumbles slowly to life.  Ambient temperature doesn't 
>seem to have any effect.  Computer reveals no fault codes, pump and 
>filter are good.
>
>Isn't there a fuel accumulator which should maintain fuel pressure 
>when sitting?  If this was faulty would it allow pressure to drop - 
>forcing the pump to charge the system again before it could start?
>
>Any insight would be appreciated
>
>TIA
>-mike
>mfahrion at bb-elec.com
>

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