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Old 03-13-2005, 10:34 PM   #1
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Default What makes my car hard to start sometimes?

Sometimes I just drive around in a normal speed, run in to a store come out, trun the start, the thing cranks over well, but it won't start. I get this once in a while. It's been happening ever so often since I got the car, now I have stage 2 cobb and it's still the same thing. My battery is stock, but the thing cranks over very well. My car is parked in a heated garage. Has 48k on it. I crank it over the second time with the gas pedal push, then it fires up.
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Old 03-14-2005, 12:54 AM   #2
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clogged fuel filter?
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Old 03-14-2005, 09:34 AM   #3
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It's fairly new, about 5k back it was replaced. Wondering if something like the pcv valve may be a culprit?
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Old 03-14-2005, 10:22 AM   #4
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Sometimes I just drive around in a normal speed, run in to a store come out, trun the start, the thing cranks over well, but it won't start. I get this once in a while. It's been happening ever so often since I got the car, now I have stage 2 cobb and it's still the same thing. My battery is stock, but the thing cranks over very well. My car is parked in a heated garage. Has 48k on it. I crank it over the second time with the gas pedal push, then it fires up.

When you start the car, do you turn the key to the ON position for a second or two before starting? Or do you just turn the key straight to start??

I believe the fuel pump needs a moment to charge the line, I think I had read this here on Nasioc somewhere, you can hear it stop charging, after a second or two when the key is in the on selection.

Not sure if this helps...

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Old 03-14-2005, 04:07 PM   #5
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I'll give that a try. Kinda weird though, since when my car sits for a day, it starts fine, but drive it and stop, that's when it does this.
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Did you see this thread?
HARD TO START
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Old 03-15-2005, 10:18 AM   #7
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That thread talks about it hard to turn over. Mines turns over fine, but it just does not fire up. But I am doing the 2-3 second thing now, and I'll see if it happens again.
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let us know how it works out
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