Why wont my 2001 dodge diesel start till it cools for a while.?

The eng. cranks at rated speed and batters are good. New fuel & air filter. Will start in about 20 min. and then runs perfectly. It only dose this one out of 30 times after it has been driven for a while.

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5 Responses to “Why wont my 2001 dodge diesel start till it cools for a while.?”

1. mdmechenstien says:

   October 26, 2011 at 11:02 am

   fuel solenoid
2. burgerman m says:

   October 26, 2011 at 11:27 am

   maybe its jus over heated take it in to a shop and theyll tell u wats wrong
3. Brandon says:

   October 26, 2011 at 12:17 pm

   My car did the same thing when my grandpa owned it. He fixed it before he sold it to me, but he had them replace the distributor and I think the alternator too. Now it starts right up every time. My car isn’t a diesel but it could possibly be the same problem.
4. robert d says:

   October 26, 2011 at 12:32 pm

   my 1998 chevy did that for a long time and at the end did it more often turned out to be the on board fuel injector pump relay going bad

   and brandon diesels dont have a distributor
5. dodge man says:

   October 26, 2011 at 12:57 pm

   it sounds more like a pump relay possibly going bad on it more than anything else ,you might want to check that first,good luck.