--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote: I think that taking a shotgun approach is not the way to go. It can be very expensive because you will be replacing good parts and you may also damage some. If necessary start at the beginning and troubleshoot foward. Maybe you should start with a complete tune-up. Bad spark plugs or dirty injecters could cause these symptoms and you may have more than 1 problem. Even a bad set of ignition wires could be part of the problem. A bad fuel accumulater is indicated by hard hot start so at this time I think you can rule out fuel tank, fuel pump, filter, accumulater, cold start valve?. You need to get a fuel pressure gauge set-up so you can correctly determine fuel pressures but at this point you can't rule out ignition problems. It could possibly be a combination of both. To start somewhere if it hasn't had a recent tune-up that may be the way to go. If you have inspected the fuel tank and it is clean then the fuel system is probably mostly in good shape. Just thinking out loud. Good Luck. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 Sometimes it is not clear where to start. > Hello All, > > with all of my recent problems, i've come to a conclusion: > > first of all, i'm going to have to come to grips that i will have to be my [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]