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03 malibu won't fire up right away




By MacGyver911 on Jul 03, 2009

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03 malibu won't fire up right away, recently installed new sending unit, runs & idles fine, re-starts fine after short stops. Could the new fuel pump have a denser strainer & causing this? It takes a couple minutes of starter wear to get it fired up, priming the pump a few times doesn't help. Filter? O2 sensor? HEI? Would like some ideas before crawling under this thing again.
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Oct 18, 2009

- Found out that priming the pump with a couple turns of the key DOES help. That narrows it down to the strainer on the new sending unit. A fuel filter replacement also helped, I only prime it one extra key turn instead of three. Still, the end result is worth the money saved by doing the new fuel pump myself.

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