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In this video I have a look at a customers GMC Envoy XL with the big 4.2 that came in with a complaint of, “MIL on and hard to start after it is warmed up.”
A quick test drive leads us right to the answer. It’s looking like a fuel delivery issue but we need to drop the tank and run a few more checks.
-Enjoy!

Part II: https://youtu.be/4fNaL0gI1Yk

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49 thoughts on “GMC Envoy: Hard Start When Hot & Low Fuel Pressure – Part I

  1. I'm really into rocketry, so it was a bit funny to me to see a car with trouble getting started described as having a "hard start" problem. With rocket engines, a hard start is when your combustion chamber blows up on ignition. Usually it's because your ignition timing is wrong and too much of the propellants are injected into the chamber before ignition starts. You end up with a small explosion that's too strong to be contained and blow your engine/vehicle apart.

  2. One of the first things I was taught as a pup was how to properly re-pack wheel bearings with grease. This is a lost art, because we now live in a throw away- fill the landfill era. I keep saying: we are going backwards, people. Waaaay backwards. I can just imagine the WTF??? look on the faces of those in the future that dig up all our discarded crap. 😢

  3. Eric, I had a similar situation with Dodge B350 Maxivans and the 360 TBI V-8. Everything checked fine but the engine would lay down when you hit 3rd gear it just wouldn’t pull. I ended up running a FP gauge under the engine cover and watching the pressure as I drove and sure enough first gear it was fine, second you could see the needle waver and at the top going into third it would start to drop down and that coincided with the laying over of the engine. A new fuel pump fixed the issue. And although it had the extended range fuel tank 30+ gallons, they were always kept full so the elec motors weren’t overheating.

  4. really? people go crazy over the name tag? That is their take away form your very informational videos? I can honestly say the name tag has never got my attention. Admittedly some times I am just listening and then I hear you say Misses O….. now I am paying attention.

  5. I know exactly what you mean with Phil.
    I have recently started a channel and i feel stupid talking to myself in the garage when my neighbours are out in their garden 😂
    Feeling stupid from the other side of the pond 🇬🇧
    Excellent video as ever!

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