Stranded! Well...sort of?

Joe have you redone the fuse blocks?

The failing fuel pump will melt the base of the fuse block where the bullet fuses will get loose or even fall out!

I'd start there first, after a long tow home once I jammed a tester in the line side of the pump fuse only to here it crank right up!

If you don;t go with Birdman's alternates I have good luck just replacing the oEM blocks and driving on....you do want to check the draw on the circuit though as it'll rise dramatically with a failing pump.....

 

The older carb cars have a seat microswitch in the driver's seat, interlocked to the key on/pump circuit ...I have hailed a cab home form this once also when the jumper wire came loose....I think this is N/A on your injected car though.......

 

Stranded last year and cause was loose battery ground. Car turned over fine.

 

I think you could have a crack in a connector that gets hot, and then as it cools off then makes a connection... you should not hear the fuel pump, on an injected car, on a carb car I'm not sure. when the key is on, the pump will only work when the starter is engaged. I had the same intermittent problem and I had a cracked connector in the passangers foot well. I would check there and with your connnections in the back under the trunk. ( Pass. side...) look for brown or blackend connections. I suspect you will find one there.

Tom

 

On the carbed cars you hear the pump for the 30 -45 seconds you wait for the bowls to fill, when cold, there is a wide disparity of volume in the various brands though......

I guess it's possible you reset a control item in the injection start secquence with the restart?

On the carb cars the key only engages the starter one time, if it doesn;t catch you return it totally off then try again.

Also do not attempt repeated restarts without letting the starter cool down...crank up to a minute then let it rest a brief period.

 

Hot start problems are common on the 308s.
After replacing the fuel accumulator (no help) a local shop found my problem: intermittent fuel pump.
The symptoms were drive the car to it was Normal Operating temperature or warmer.
Park the car for about 10 minutes.
Come back & It cranked fine, but would not catch.
15 minutes later, and much turning over, it would finally catch.
quickly shut it off & turn it over again & it caught.

 

I still say you have a connector that is cracked ... something that is temp sensitive.... wire insulation. my guess is its going to be some simple thing once you find it. good luck!!! I've been there my self its so frustrating.

 

Could be in the ignition switch itself. Maybe the connector.

 

Is the fuel accumulator the original one? That may be the cause. You could replace the pump and the accumulator at the same time and get that out of the equation. My money are on the accumulator, however.