2000 Hyundai Sonata
 

The last two times i have filled my gas tank, my car will immediately have
a problem starting back up.After a minute or two if i pump the gas peddle
it will start up and run perfect.After the first time it happened my wife
took the car to have it checked out.the mechanic told her that ther was
nothing wrong with the car and it must have been bad gas.Well i just
filled it up tonight from a different gas station and the same thing
happened.It took a minute or two to start up,but once it did it was
running perfect.Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this?

Re: 2000 Hyundai Sonata
 

Do you fill it until the pump stops? Or do you keep clicking the pump until
the tank is filled to the top?
I have that happen when I fill my 2004 Elantra and keep trying to sqeeze
more into the tank. Then it will be hard to start or it will stumble like
its going to stall.
Bob


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> The last two times i have filled my gas tank, my car will immediately have
> a problem starting back up.After a minute or two if i pump the gas peddle
> it will start up and run perfect.After the first time it happened my wife
> took the car to have it checked out.the mechanic told her that ther was
> nothing wrong with the car and it must have been bad gas.Well i just
> filled it up tonight from a different gas station and the same thing
> happened.It took a minute or two to start up,but once it did it was
> running perfect.Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this?
>

Re: 2000 Hyundai Sonata
 

It was filled to the top the 1st time but I didn't squeeze the pump to get
extra gas in there.Last night I filled it to 3 quarters of a tank.Same
thing happened.Its weird because after i do finally get it started it acts
like nothing happened.Today the car turned right over.

Re: 2000 Hyundai Sonata
 

I've seen this once caused by a stuck open purge control valve on the 2.4L
4cyl engine that didn't otherwise cause a trouble code or check engine
lamp.

If you know what your purge control valve is, you can (with the car off)
take the hose off and see if you can blow through the valve. If you can
blow through it, the valve is bad.

The reason this causes hard starting after fueling is that it allows all
the fuel vapors collected during fueling to enter the intake, in effect
flooding the engine when you try to restart after fueling.