1996 Pontiac Bonneville starting real hard

Tiny
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  • 1996 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 185,000 MILES
I have a 1996 pontiact bonneville and have just replaced the iridium spark plugs and spark plug wires, but it is still starting real hard. It takes 2 to 3 times for it to finally start and and it will run ruff for about 1 to 2 minutes and then it will start to smoth out. While I'mdriving it right after it starts does not seem to have the pick-up it use to have. If you have any ideas I would really appecciate to no end thank you very much. Mark B in Toledo Ohio
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 AT 2:01 PM

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Tiny
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Have you checked fuel pump pressure? It may be dropping off and taking a few seconds to build back up enough to start.

Here is a how to video for checking it.

https://www.2carpros.com/dia/test_fuel_pressure.htm

Let me know what you find.

Joe
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Friday, May 29th, 2009 AT 7:14 AM

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