E85 and cold starts

[andrewL]

Browsing the forums here and I saw something about a "dreaded cold start noise" so far for the past week when I wake up in the morning to go to work and I go to start my car it has a pretty hard time kicking over. I originally thought this was just due to the fact that I've been running e85 since I got the car but now I'm getting a little worried after reading the post saying it could be a DOD problem. Any other opinions on this would be greatly appreciated

[jackleg]

Can you define "hard time kicking over"?

Is it cranking slow, not cranking, cranking but not starting, or starting fine but with an engine noise?
Mine would just have a single "click" every once in a while then crank and start.
I replaced the starter and it cranks over and starts much faster than ever before.

[andrewL]

Its not exactly cranking slow it just takes a lot more cranks to actually start. It reminds me of when you're starting an older car

[CrashTestDummy]

That's usually the sign of a failing fuel pump. Get a fuel pressure gauge on it.