Hard to start lumina

[dodgethis]

Hey guys I have a 98 lumina with 65,000 miles. The cars runs fine once i leave the garage. My main question is when the car is "inside" a building or say in my garage I can crank it up in no time. Its only when i drive outside to school or work that when i start to leave in the day time i have to crank it for more than 10 sec. I figure thats hard on the starter. I usually have to tap the gas for it to start right on the fly like i could if i were in the garage.

 

Would that be a TPS thing? or maybe something going bad?

 

What ya'll think?

 

[rockfangd]

start with changing your fuel pump relay because when it goes bad the fuel pump will run off of the oil pressure sending unit once oil pressure is found

[rockfangd]

my 84 cutlass used to do the same thing and that was the problem

[dodgethis]

Thanks for the thought, the fuel pump relay, stupid question but thats the fuse your referring to right? I know you dont mean the actually fuel pump. In case I am wrong about it being the fuse, where would i find it at?

[dodgethis]

Oh i found the relay in the fuse box in the engine compartment, I'll switch it out and see if it works, Thanks again