# 1988 dodge d150 starting problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 13, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-dodge-d150-starting-problem/5886 "2007-10-13T15:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stovebolt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@stovebolt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stovebolt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-dodge-d150-starting-problem/5886/1 "2007-10-13T15:12:34Z")
i have a 1988 dodge d150 that takes 3 to 5 second to start after turning the key til it start up it has a new battery ,it burns a little oil 180k change plugs about 30k ago is it time for new plugs could that be cause of the hard starting motor 3.9 with 5 speed trans just started doing this month ago thanks for any help ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-dodge-d150-starting-problem/5886/2 "2007-10-14T01:26:14Z")
How about the fuel pressure? Have you changed the fuel fllter(s) recently? ---
**Author:** ![stovebolt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@stovebolt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stovebolt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-dodge-d150-starting-problem/5886/3 "2007-10-14T02:31:17Z")
sure, did last week it was kind of dirty