If it took jumping the battery to get the car started that would mean the voltage to the ignition was too low to get a good spark (assuming the starter was cranking the motor over fast enough without jumping the battery). This is not normal. There is a bad/dirty connection somewhere between the battery and the ignition. I would start by testing the battery and cleaning all of the big connections. I would then check the voltage going to the ignition ECU. Don't forget to check and clean ground connections. As for your hot-start, try the plug swap to confirm low rest pressure. It "should" start right up. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "sweetp01569" <paul.sweet@...> wrote: > > I'm not sure what the problem was. My battery may have been low on > charge from the cranking. I jumped the battery with my other car and > the D started up fine. I'm not sure if I still have a hot start issue, > or perhaps a bad connection I may have reconnected - I'm not sure. In > eitehr case, the car seems fine right. > > Paul > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/