2000 LX is hard to start
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Hello I'm new here and I'm having the same issue I turn my car on and I drive it around and when I get home and turn off the car I doesn't want to turn on. it sounds like it wants to but it doesn't it sounds like the car is choking on gas, i've replaced spark plugs, spark wires, distributor cap, distributor rotor and even fuel pump and car still does the same thing I really need help ASAP!!!
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Hello I'm new here and I'm having the same issue I turn my car on and I drive it around and when I get home and turn off the car I doesn't want to turn on. it sounds like it wants to but it doesn't it sounds like the car is choking on gas, i've replaced spark plugs, spark wires, distributor cap, distributor rotor and even fuel pump and car still does the same thing I really need help ASAP!!!
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idk if it could be the ignition coil cause when the car finally turns on after 5 min of trying to start it, it smells like pure gas.
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Moved to a new thread because your car is a generation older than the thread you first posted in
Is it hard to start while the engine is hot? Is this an immediate restart hot, or do you have to wait a short period of time before it gets hard to start?
Is the check engine light on? Got codes?
Got a scanner or app with data list?
Does it start easier if you hold the gas pedal to the floor during cranking?
Is it hard to start while the engine is hot? Is this an immediate restart hot, or do you have to wait a short period of time before it gets hard to start?
Is the check engine light on? Got codes?
Got a scanner or app with data list?
Does it start easier if you hold the gas pedal to the floor during cranking?
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Moved to a new thread because your car is a generation older than the thread you first posted in
Is it hard to start while the engine is hot? Is this an immediate restart hot, or do you have to wait a short period of time before it gets hard to start?
Is the check engine light on? Got codes?
Got a scanner or app with data list?
Does it start easier if you hold the gas pedal to the floor during cranking?
Is it hard to start while the engine is hot? Is this an immediate restart hot, or do you have to wait a short period of time before it gets hard to start?
Is the check engine light on? Got codes?
Got a scanner or app with data list?
Does it start easier if you hold the gas pedal to the floor during cranking?
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and when I try to turn it on it sounds like its about to turn on but when I let go of the gas pedal and the switch the car turns off. I keep thinking it might have to do with the ignition module or the ignition coil.
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but when I let go of the gas pedal and the switch the car turns off.
or do you mean the gauges and dash lights all turned off as though someone turned the key all the way back to off instead of 'run'?
If the latter, that's probably a bad ignition switch (electrical portion)
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also the spark plugs are really wet with fuel and the spark plugs look really burnt
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Yeah
i mean like the car is about to turn on and i let go so that way the car can turn on but
There's about 271 different things that have to happen, in order, before an engine will run on its own....and the more detailed observations you can provide, the better we can understand the issue. Sometimes video helps too.
also the spark plugs are really wet with fuel and the spark plugs look really burnt
Could a bad Coolant Temperature Sensor also be the cause of this?
Be aware there are 3 different temperature sensors, only one of those is used by the computer.
If you had a scanner with datalist you could view exactly what the computer thinks the temp sensor is reading.
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I fixed it!! I changed the Coolant Temp Sensor, spark plugs, PCV valve and took out the throttle body and cleaned it with carb cleaner and now it turns on like a champ!
Thanks and sorry for poor info im not good at this lol
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