Hard starting after sitting for 30 min

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Jnegrea93
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Hard starting after sitting for 30 min

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I own a 2000 pontiac bonneville ssei and recently I've had this problem where my car will start up in the morning with one key turn but if I shut it off and wait 30 minutes or longer the car will crank a little bit before it starts then the idle will jump around after it starts sometimes. To fix this problem I have tried to clean the egr valve, idle air control valve, new spark plugs, new wires, crankshaft position sensor, cleaned throttle body. I also checked the fuel pressure regulator and no gas smell of gas coming out of the line and I had the starter battery and alternator checked and thy all came back good. I'm really stumped on this and I need the problem fixed because its nerve racking and I don't want to be stranded any where in the cold weather up here with my family.
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Re: Hard starting after sitting for 30 min

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Could be the ignition control module. Remove the coils and check to see if there is any corrosion.
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Re: Hard starting after sitting for 30 min

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The tits on the coil packs are a nice shiny silver
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Re: Hard starting after sitting for 30 min

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Yes, but look underneath them, where they contact the ICM.
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Re: Hard starting after sitting for 30 min

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I'll do that. I was doing some researching and was wondering if it could be my egr valve?
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