I had this. To the point where I would flatten the battery. Eventually a wise old Volvo mechanic told me that this was a problem with the leaking injectors. We replaced all these and the problem is a lot better...although not perfect. ---------- From: Stian Birkeland[SMTP:dmc_norway@xxxx] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 7:28 AM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Hot Start Problem Hello all, I recently installed a new fuel pump. The car has run fine the last week, but does have a strange hot start problem. If I drive to town, the engine warm, then park and shut off the engine for 5-6 minutes, then the car starts right up as it should! Then, if I drive to town, the engine warm, then park and shut off the engine for 10 minutes + , then the car is very hard to start. I have to crank it at least 3 or 4 times before it fires up! Does anyone have any idea to what causes this? I would guess that if I really had a serious hot start problem (fuel accumulator problem), then it wouldn't even start when I parked on short times or start at all. Point is, eventually I do get it started its just very slow. I thinking of fuel pressure. Ideas anyone? Since the fuel pump is new, I also doubt that it can be a leaking check valve. Best wishes Stian Birkeland Norway VIN # 06759 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderator@xxxx [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]