1995 Mitsubishi Galant 4G64 SOHC - Hard Starting
As the title says... 1995 Mitsubishi Galant 4G64 SOHC starts but almost always having trouble with starting the engine.
The engine will turn and will try to start but will die immediately. The engine will try to start and then will die immediately without any hesitation.
With a little persuasion, and several waiting and attempts, it will start and run fine.
I even cruise the freeway at 70MPH or so, and drive in stop-and-go rush hour traffic, silky smooth, without stalling as long as I dont shut the engine OFF because I'm pretty sure I will have trouble re-starting it.
Hard starting occurss intermittently and randomly. Sometimes, it will start with the 1st try, but sometimes, on the "nth" time. It doesn't matter whether the engine is stone-cold or fully warmed-up.
On one occasion, I shut off the engine to fill up gas at the pump and had a hard time re-starting the engine.
Here's what I did, so far:
1) Changed the spark plugs, spark plug-wires, cap and rotor.
2) Cleaned the MAF sensor (inside the air box between the air filter element and the rubber duct connected to the throttle body) with CRC MAF spray cleaner.
3) Unplugged one injector harness at a time while idling to verify if pumping fuel, the idle gets rough when injector which lead me to believe that there is fuel and there is signal from the ECU.
4) Removed the front timing covers off to check and verify the timing marks and they all line up accordingly with cylinder #1 at TDC, compression stroke.
As I have mentioned, the car drives great with no problems once started but the problem is getting it started.
Any ideas? Please help! This car is my daily driver and any help, assistance, suggestions and ideas are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
--- T-Doug