2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue Trouble Starting Car

ASHNICOLE

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2002 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE
V8
4WD
AUTOMATIC
66,000 MILES

Hi - My Oldsmobile is having trouble starting. I turn it on and it cracks, hesitates for about a minute, then begins running. When it starts running, it's fine and no other problems exist. I thought it might be a fuel injector problem and I have put STP in, added coolant. Today, I had someone look at it and said it was an "intake leak." How probable is this? Is this an expensive thing to fix? What could else could it be?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 AT 6:32 PM

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ERNEST CLARK

MECHANIC
1,730 POSTS

That's not an intake leak. If it were, your car wouldn't run fine, EVER.

You have a leaking fuel pressure regulator. The FPR is supposed to hold fuel pressure to your injectors when you shut your engine off. This is so your car will start as soon as you turn your key.

When your FPR leaks, then it won't hold any pressure when you shut your car off. And when you go to crank it, you have to do so for several seconds until the fuel pump can get fuel from the tank all the way back up to your engine.

A FPR for your engine is cheap ($20) and easy to replace, if you want to do that yourself.

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Sunday, January 24th, 2010 AT 9:11 AM