Eismann

Living in Indiana I know the winters can be hard on batteries. I also know from experience (I work at Batteries+Bulbs) that it is not always a battery issue. That being said I have tested my battery and alternator at work both are functioning to specs. Also the battery that I have is much higher CCA than the original battery so I know it isn't either of those. I do need to do a tune up and replace the spark plugs and so on and so forth. But it has never taken several turns of the key to get of to turn over. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

CPTCO

We were having trouble with a few vehicles here, ran some Heat in the gas, and that solved our problems. You might give it a shot.

Eismann

Thanks, will do.

teetertotter

Eismann.......What fix did you use?

I didn't change my spark plugs until had 110k. I changed plug wires at 75K miles just because. I also try and use Tier 1 gasoline all the time. Hope you found your solution.

Nuke

Describe what's happening... Good cranking and won't turn over? Turns over but stalls? Do you get fuel from the same station? When it does start is the idle and driveability normal?

Eismann

Honestly haven't found a solution. But it has also been more sparatic since my first post. One thing I have done different is use a different gas station than where I was going.

To be a little more detailed. It cranks fine and seems to stall right away. Crank it right afterwards and it starts and runs just fine. I am thinking it is possibly my gas pump starting to go out. I could be wrong.

teetertotter

Tier 1 gasoline instead of some off brand maybe the trick. Did you put some Heat in the fuel tank? Change fuel filter every 40K?

Eismann

Keep forgetting to grab heet when I am in town. Changed fuel filter 5000 miles ago. Car has 120k on it.

Nuke

Run a tank or 2 of SeaFoam, replace the fuel filter and clean the TB. All of these are PM items anyways but are all good for trying to resolve fuel-related symptoms.

IvanRad

1. Clean Throttle Body
2. Run a can of seafoam
3. he changed the fuel filter but try again in 15k miles
4. change the plugs and wires immediately/
5. check for water damage from the recall where the door is sealed .
6. got a tune? return it to stock
7. Fuel pump would be my next guess
8. check all connections to throttle body make sure those clips are tight. make sure all the wires aren't touching something to be shorting it all out.
9. Run a compression test
10. if your getting fuel delivery when you floor it ,keep up that speed for a couple of seconds..if you can ,I think its got to be electrical