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Harder and harder to start
Tell me what you think...
'99 Mercury Mountaineer, V-8 5.0L engine, 98K miles. Lately she's been getting harder and harder to start. As in not REAL hard, but she cranks for a good 2 seconds before she catches. Once running, no problems. No recent changes in engine performance or MPG's. But, gradually and consistently taking longer to start, in all conditions. Battery's real strong, so that's not it. I've put in new double platinum spark plugs, had the fuel filter changed, had the local shop perform a fuel-injector cleaning service, replaced the air filter, cleaned out the throttle body (it had the sticky accelerator pedal problem which is now cleared up), put in some fresh Mobil 1 5W-30 and a new filter. I even bought her some new tires then told her how pretty she looks... No change. Any ideas? |
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