Go to change the oil, car dosen't start...

[ruechaos]

I was oing to change my oil yesterday so I went to move it forward a bit. I start it up and all I get is a chugging sound. It does that for five seconds and stops going.

I popped the hood and checked over the connecters (AFM and spark plugs) tried it again, same thing.

It sounded a lot like the plugs were miss firing, or that it wasen't getting any fuel.

I checked all the plugs, they were sparking, so I then moved to think it was a fuel problem.

I got out a can a spray fuel and gave the intake a really good spray. Tried starting it again, and it stared right up!

I reved it for about a minute, trying to keep the flow of gas going to it, and when I let my foot off of it, the revs idled at 600rpm. I then readjusted it to 900rpm. And everything seems to be fine.

The car was sitting for a week before I did this, I think this might be somthing relating to the fuel pump.

Any ideas guys? Thanks!

-Tony

[Magnus_944]

Maybe the famous DME/fuel pump relay is playing with you.

/Magnus

[stray15]

Does it have gas...I'm sure you getted, just askin.

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[Richard Foy]

Was it parked on an angle, or way low on gas...(and you had a frost the night before?)

[ruechaos]

After giving it some thought while at work, I think I figured out what it was.

We reconnected the AFM and after spraying in the fuel into the intake noticed that the revs were at about 400, way too low to keep the car going, after readjusting the idle, everything is now fine. Cool huh?

Thanks!

-Tony

PS: While at the parts stor getting my oil filter, I asked about a new cat for my car. They asked if I had a n/a or a turbo, and when I told them it was an n/a, they quoted me 155$! That's awesome! I've always seen them priced at 500$+