I am going to be selling this car pretty soon, but I doubt anyone will want to buy a no starting car.

This morning as I was getting prepared to go out for the day, I went and fired the car up to let it warm up. I went back inside my house came back out it was no longer on. Baffled, I could've sworn to myself it was on previously, nonetheless I went back and started it once more, and as I started to walk away the idle went from high to ridiculously low (like below 100rpm) the car began to chug pretty bad, almost as if it was coughing. It went back and forth on idle for another minute before it went out again. I restarted it, but it kept cranking over but it did not start.

It hasn't started since.

I don't want to deal with it now because I have too much on my hands, but I am thinking maybe it's the fuel pump. I got the car tested a few months back to see if my fuel pump was dying and it was fine, instead I paid 200 dollars for a fuel injection cleaning to see if maybe that was my problem. It has been going on and off for awhile, and I am tired of dumping needless cash onto the car every month because lately it's become a money pit. I just want to know if it's a small fix that I can do, and if so how much should it cost? If it turns out to be a much bigger problem than I am willing to deal with, I will just sell the car for super cheap.

Any ideas?

 

It would be nice if I got an answer.

 

sounds like the fuel pump, do you hear it hum when the key in turned all the way to ON? If you don't then it could be the fuel pump or fuel pump relay.

 

Where are you at? And what kind of condition is the car in?

 

I am in Tucson, AZ

I have given the car a full tune up around the clock last year. Everything in the engine's ignition's is pretty much new.

I am sorry if I had come off a bit harsh in my previous post, but it is just so frustrating at times.

Despite what I had done the car, in never ran in perfect or good condition, it always had one inconvenience after another. And it alwasy affected the driveability of the vehicle as well.

Alot of things have gone wrong with it all at once and it's just irritating. The mornings are very cold here at like 40 degrees, and I can't use my heater because it fogs up the entire car, and when i turn on the defroster it only makes it worse.

And not to mention my suspension needs to be rebuilt.

I just miss having that "solid" feel in the car. When I got it, it handled very well, took the turns like no other car I have ever been in, but over the last 6 months, something went down, and the whole car just decided to take a dump on me.

 

Does it have gas? Sounds like it ran out.

 

I filled up two days prior. Come on, let's get serious here.

 

More than once I have worked with someone diagnosing a problem and while it souded like he was out of gas, I was afraid to ask.


They were out of gas.


Sorry if that offeneded you.


I'll waste no more of your time.

 

Ive seen people drop the tank thinking fuel pump only to find the tank is empty.

 

okay instead of having people guess at the fuel pump go buy some ether and give it a few squirts and then try it if it starts then it is a fuel problem and 40 degree temps should not matter it should start fine even with no thermac in 40 degrees mine starts fine without one in 5 degree weather but this is sounding to me like a sensor or ignition problem