Fuel Pump & ECC Relay
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Fuel Pump & ECC Relay
99 Ford Explorer V6 4.0L OHV
Question. I was looking at some of the threads in regards to cold start or hard start when car is warm.
Everyonce in awhile I have the issue where the car starts up fine after sitting overnight and then I drive to work and let sit for 4 hours or so until lunch time and when I try to start it, it may crank 1-2 seconds before starting ( when originally it fires right up when I turn the key ).
I have 103,000 miles, so maybe age has something to do with. I did have a New Fuel Pump from the dealer replaced a couple of months ago, because at that time it was hard starting all the time, especially after it would sit all night. After I got the new Fuel Pump at the Ford Dealer I had no problems until about a week ago when it started to take 1-2 seconds to start.
If I replace the Fuel Pump Relay or the ECC Relay, will that help? Is that easy to change? What does either of those items do?
Question. I was looking at some of the threads in regards to cold start or hard start when car is warm.
Everyonce in awhile I have the issue where the car starts up fine after sitting overnight and then I drive to work and let sit for 4 hours or so until lunch time and when I try to start it, it may crank 1-2 seconds before starting ( when originally it fires right up when I turn the key ).
I have 103,000 miles, so maybe age has something to do with. I did have a New Fuel Pump from the dealer replaced a couple of months ago, because at that time it was hard starting all the time, especially after it would sit all night. After I got the new Fuel Pump at the Ford Dealer I had no problems until about a week ago when it started to take 1-2 seconds to start.
If I replace the Fuel Pump Relay or the ECC Relay, will that help? Is that easy to change? What does either of those items do?
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Those are small electrical parts that merely plug in I believe.
They would be readily available at auto parts stores.
I don't think theyre the problem though....if they were defective or not making a good electrical connection, you'd have a no-start situation, not start after 2 seconds.
There have been some posts, including mine, referring to a once in a great while "cranks fine - no start" situation, followed by an instart start five minutes later.
Different people have replaced relays, moved wires at connections, all to varying success.
They would be readily available at auto parts stores.
I don't think theyre the problem though....if they were defective or not making a good electrical connection, you'd have a no-start situation, not start after 2 seconds.
There have been some posts, including mine, referring to a once in a great while "cranks fine - no start" situation, followed by an instart start five minutes later.
Different people have replaced relays, moved wires at connections, all to varying success.
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