Engine hard start

And. It is normal that the alternaton to be hot as barely can be touched? The original one have 105amp, if I put one with high amp?(If such a thing exist and fit the car?) It would help in not burning out and not being so hot?

Thanks for the answer! I don't think the alternator is the problem either on hard starting issue, but. How normal is to feel that hot and how normal is to change an alternator every year?

Any suggestion on good brand alternator? Can I try more amps compared with 105amp as the original one have? Well.I have also a chevy caprice and the alternator is warm when touched, on the suburban is absolutely hot and like I said, I wonder if that is normal. Regarding the hard start. The only time when start with little ease if when the engine is stil warm. If cools down. Like if start in the morning, drive for a while, stop like around 11am and start the car again around2pm. Start hard, like wasn't started in days. Thank you for the ideas and suggestions!

Thank you for the suggestions! I hope I will make the car start easier, or, the way it suppose to start. I will poste updates when I will have something new. I know is an old car but. It is safe to drive such cars and I am gonna keep it! :)

I own a 98 suburban, 5.7 4x4. A couple weeks ago driving home after work appox 2 miles, vehicle started stalling. No power, hard to accelerate and stumbling, Got home and vehicle smooothed out no issues. A coule days later vehicle would roll over while trying to start and would hit hard, like it waas goint to start, but not start immediately, after a coule tries it starts, may be fine for a few days then problem reoccurs. Fuel pump and wiring to pump replaced 2 years ago, cat convertors replaced last year, starter 2 weeks old. Any ideas. Relaced starter thinking it was problem.

1997 suburban 5.7. Hard to start when cold. Meaning it's sat a few hours like in the morning or after work. It cranks just fine. Tries to catch then after multiple times, it'll finally start and run great. I hear the fuel pump come on for a couple of seconds when I turn the key on. It'll also fire with a snort of starting fluid. If it's been run within the last little while, it'll start right up. Don't know wether t's pressure regulator, relay (i hear pump), coolant temp sensor, check valve ( does it have one?), Or pump itself, or something else

My 1997 chevy suburban will not start or turn over, and we have replaced the starter and the relay switch, what else could it be?

1997 suburban only happens after it sits 6-10 hrs also when damp or cold most of the time have to let off key to start put new cam & crank sensors new tune wire cap & rotor

1997 chevy suburban with 454. Motor starts fine first thing in morning, but stop at store and stop motor for more than 10 min and it's hard to start. It turns over and over for about 20 sec. Then starts with a bad gas smell. If only stop motor at store for a few min. Like 2-3 min. Then motor starts right up like normal.

I did check the fuel pressure. At hard starts, pressure is 48-50 psi as motor turns over it slowly climbs and at about 55-58 psi it cranks and thats when I smell gas real bad, as if it had been flooded.I do remember changing fuel pump about 3 years ago, Do think it was hard times and may have been a salvage yard item. Do know that I did change fuel pressure regulator out 2 years ago.I have not had to drive vehicle very much so this problem has been going on for quite a while. I do greatly thank you for any help I can get.