Upon an initial start(most of the time), the engine spits & sputters like its starvin' for fuel and usually stalls, after the re-start it drives around just fine. Fuel filter? Fuel pump getting weak? Just guessing...
Thanks,
Shawn
1997 Suburban dies after initial start-up?
Nov 23, 2004
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The most common problem for this symptom is that the fuel pump which has a check valve in it is letting the gas drain back into the tank after you shut it off. To prove this you can hook up a fuel pressure gauge to the test port under the hood and see if the pressure slowly…
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