Kevin, #1, Don't give it any gas by the foot feed to start the car. #2. If it doesn't start quick on the first try, then unplug the cold start and try again. If the system is working ok, the cold start may be flooding it. #3. You could have a possible hot start problem if the accumulator is going bad. #4. If you think the battery could be going bad, in the morning put a DMM across the terminals and look for a 12.66 volts ( OCV ). If lower than that then State of charge need to be looked into. #5. Thermal time switch possible no firing the cold start. #6. Look at my previous post about the resistor and relay against the fire wall. Low voltage in starting. These are a few things to look into. John Hervey http://www.specialtauto.com/ << But, I've still got a starting issue. The start problem only strikes when the car has been sitting out in the sun for several hours. It's ok in the semi-cool garage all night, sometimes ok at lunch, but usually a problem at the end of the day. It turns over and coughs and coughs. I do this several times-- trying feathering the gas pedal, holding halfway down, turning the key all the way off for a few seconds. Then finally, it will cough and sputter and slowly get steady and climb up the tachometer to where I can give it gas without choking it out. My battery is 3-4 years old, but seems to be ok. I probably should put a meter on it and check it, just to be sure. But I keep thinking it's a fuel delivery problem because it really seems to be related to sitting in the sun for a longer period of time-- like possibly fuel is being evaporated out of the system and it only starts after building pressure back up. But I really don't know if that's a plausible scenario or not. >>