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hard starting when warm #1109029 11/07/11 10:58 PM 11/07/11 10:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 32 Stouffville Ontario 7 7434 mopars OP member
7434 mopars OP member 7 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 32 Stouffville Ontario	After driving my 70 challenger 440-6 pack, I shut it off and when I tried to start it again when the engine was warm, it wouldn't start. When I tried to start it when warm, it would just crank over and over. I had to wait till it cooled off before it would start. Any suggestions would be apprecited.

Re: hard starting when warm [Re: 7434 mopars] #1109030 11/07/11 11:22 PM 11/07/11 11:22 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,378 Rancho Cordova, CA Exit1965 master
Exit1965 master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,378 Rancho Cordova, CA	When my dad's car had this problem, we searched for vapor lock etc., nope. It turned out the reluctor gap in the MP distributor was too wide. We set it to spec .008" and it was fine after that.

Re: hard starting when warm [Re: Exit1965] #1109031 11/07/11 11:25 PM 11/07/11 11:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 733 Northern Virginia Moparmaniacc super stock
Moparmaniacc super stock Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 733 Northern Virginia	Starting ether will get anything started as long as the ignition still works!

Re: hard starting when warm [Re: Moparmaniacc] #1109032 11/08/11 12:57 AM 11/08/11 12:57 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: Starting ether will get anything started as long as the ignition still works! X2. They say it's hard on the eng but dont remem why but I use it on occaision but try to keep it to a minimum live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: hard starting when warm [Re: Exit1965] #1109033 11/08/11 01:01 AM 11/08/11 01:01 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 905 SD Z zrxkawboy super stock
zrxkawboy super stock Z Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 905 SD	Quote: When my dad's car had this problem, we searched for vapor lock etc., nope. It turned out the reluctor gap in the MP distributor was too wide. We set it to spec .008" and it was fine after that. I had this happen once, too. It's Swifty! Swifty, you toad sucker!

Re: hard starting when warm [Re: zrxkawboy] #1109034 11/08/11 01:10 AM 11/08/11 01:10 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Do you have a vapor separator? I had this problem with mine and it turned out the return orifice of the vapor separator was too large. After a hot shut-down I guess it was returning enough fuel through the return hose to not supply enough to restart the engine until it cooled. I put a hose clamp on the rubber part of the return line right after the separator and clamped it down hard enough to block off the return completely and it fired right up and ran like a champ. I've heard from others that this can be a problem with repro vapor separators. Quote: Quote: When my dad's car had this problem, we searched for vapor lock etc., nope. It turned out the reluctor gap in the MP distributor was too wide. We set it to spec .008" and it was fine after that. I had this happen once, too. As did I. For some reason the reluctor gap only affected hot restarts.

Re: hard starting when warm [Re: zrxkawboy] #1109035 11/08/11 01:11 AM 11/08/11 01:11 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal Sinitro master
Sinitro master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,445 So Cal	Quote: Quote: When my dad's car had this problem, we searched for vapor lock etc., nope. It turned out the reluctor gap in the MP distributor was too wide. We set it to spec .008" and it was fine after that. I had this happen once, too. If the gap is too wide, the ECU box will not fire.. Also the gap is even more critical of the air temperature is on the cold side, harder for the magnet to close.. Just my $0.02..

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