This happens randomly. Sometimes just a short trip to the store will make it happen.
The fuel pump relay was replaced, no effect. A repair shop couldn't reproduce the problem, or find an error code. They sold me a fuel filter, which didn't help either. They wanted to sell me a fuel pump, but I don't think that is what is wrong. I can hear the pump working when I turn on the key, and the valve on the fuel rail squirts a strong stream of gasoline those times when this happens. Also, there are no fuel starvation problems under other conditions, even when working hard in the mountains, only when I try to start it warm.
Since this is a temperature-related problem, I pulled the connector to the Coolant Temp Sensor to see if that would make any difference. It didn't, but I replaced the sensor anyway. No luck. Is there another temp sensor that I might have overlooked?
Searching the internet, I find failure to warm start is a common problem with this model, but didn't find any verified fixes. I hope that I will find one here! I don't want to replace the expensive things without some logical plan.
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Friday, December 5th, 2014 AT 4:01 PM