1999 Windstar Won't Start 3.8L V6

Occasionally on cold mornings my 1999 Windstar (3.8L V6) will turn over but won't start.

Any obvious/known things I should check?

Thanks.

Occasionally on cold mornings my 1999 Windstar (3.8L V6) will turn over but won't start.

Any obvious/known things I should check?

Thanks.

Hello

Does your 99 have the orginal battery? It may be due for replacement. What are you calling "cold"? Where are you located? Does your engine turn over slower on this "cold" morning? What do you have to do to get it to start? Do you hear the engine firing? (ie...tryig to start?)

How many miles on your 99? What condtion are the sparkplugs? If the plugs have 100,000 on them and the battery is old, there is a problem right there. Warn plugs = more current to produce spark.....Old battery = less current to the ignition system to produce spark.....a cold engine= stiffer engine requiring more current for the starter to turn the engine over.

Regards

Dan

It's not a starter/battery problem - the engine cranks just fine.

Spark plugs and wire set are new.

I can't tell if it's a fuel or ignition (electrical) problem.

THe engine cranks normally - it just doesn't start.

I'm suspecting a cold air control valve, PCM programming, or something the engine normally does to start when it's cold outside that is not happening now.

There is no engine light on, so I doubt if there's any fault codes to read.

Problem solved - sort of , for now!!

After hours of troubleshooting, forum searches (including here), I discovered that my problem was a blown fuel pump fuse - fuse location #5 in the engine compartment high current fuse/relay box.

As soon as I replaced this 15 amp fuse, it started right up!

Prior to discovering the blown fuse, I had my hopes on the fuel pump relay being bad - which it wasn't.

Now the bad news is I know there's something bad going on causing the fuel pump fuse to blow and I likely will blow another fuse soon and have the same problem

But for now, this evening, I feel good that I got it started.

Tomorrow I will buy a supply of 15 amp fuses until I fix the problem for good - probably heading for a new fuel pump I imagine.