What is wrong with my car??

[Sirrahsim]

We're moving sometime in the next 6 weeks.... We just need this stinking car to get us through till we are put into temporary quarters but noooooooo way, it decides that it wants to act up NOW

It doesn’t want to turn over, but if we keep pressing the gas while trying to start, it will start after about 30-45 seconds. Yesterday we had to get a jumpstart after being inside for less than 5 minutes

I'm hoping that it is something quick and inexpensive to fix, but you know how that goes Any ideas? I'm calling the auto hobby shop this afternoon because they are MUCH cheaper and just as licensed as the main car garage on base.

I need a hug

[BC_MoM]

I'm not a mechanic, nor do I have any knowledge about cars... but... (((HUGS)))!!

[moosmom]

I'm not a mechanic either, but it sounds like it has something to do with the fuel pump.

[Vette]

I need a hug

wish granted


my dad says it sounds like the fule-pump or the carburetor.

[Lady's Human]

It sounds like a bad battery or alternator (hence the need for a jump start) causing a weak spark (Trouble starting). I'm assuming from previous posts that it is a carbuerated engine (due to the age) as opposed to fuel injected.

[Sirrahsim]

It's a 92, I'm not sure if that is considered old or not
I will be taking it in to the shop later today or tomorrow and will mention what you guys have said.

[Catty1]

Is it fuel injected?

If so, get some good injector cleaner (STP, Quaker State, Pennzoil), and add it to a FULL tank of gas.

My car gets reluctant to start if I skip a dose (every other fillup).

Just a thought.

[Lady's Human]

A 92? Okay, it's fuel injected.

That means an electric fuel pump, and all the inherent issues that go with it.

On a fuel injected car, a bad battery can cause many, many things, but the battery and alternator are easy checks.

[Sirrahsim]

Ok, I'll have hubby take it in to have them check it out... Everytime that I have taken the car in, the estimates have been higher than when my husband takes it We took the car in twice for the same thing just to get estimates for both of us and his was remarkably lower