Hard Starting After Refueling

[KevinH1990]

Here's the situation:

If I refuel the car after completing most of my drive to work (about 30 miles) it is difficult to restart the car. I might have to crank it 4 or 5 times before it will run.

If I refuel the car while it is still cold I can usually get it to fire right up. I have no other problems with the car starting whether it is hot or cold.

I had the same problem last year, but after I had the MAF and the air vent hose replaced, the problem went away. Both the MAF and the vent hose were causing CEL's. The vent hose problem was making it difficult to fill the tank more than 3/4's full. The current problem is not causing a CEL or preventing me from filling the tank.

Yesterday I took the car to the shop that replaced the MAF and the vent hose. They checked the car and here are their comments "Check for DME codes, none found. Fuel trim numbers, as well as tank vent, etc. are all spot on as far as parmenters within DME actual values, as well as status of OBD function." This is a good shop, so I'm sure they would have found a code if there was one.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Is there anything I can be looking for to tell the shop about? I don't "top off" the tank after the gas pump cuts off, but I'm trying to think if it's something I'm doing (such as refueling with the car on a slope or sticking the nozzle too far down the filler tube) that is causing the problem.