Starving 95 Neon

My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
system should have had gas pressure still.
Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
this persists?
I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
much faith in the stuff though.

btw, car is a 2.0l SOHC, 5 speed with approx. 370,000km
Mike
mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

mike > wrote:
> My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> system should have had gas pressure still.
> Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> this persists?
> I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> much faith in the stuff though.

Doesn't "pressing the accelerator to the floor, releasing it, then
starting the engine "trigger the engine to start under
"cold" conditions? (Like - I think I heard somewhere that under extreme
cold sitations, you're supposed to do that?)

Not too sure - maybe someone else will have feedback.

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mike > wrote:
> My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> system should have had gas pressure still.
> Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> this persists?
> I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> much faith in the stuff though.

Doesn't "pressing the accelerator to the floor, releasing it, then
starting the engine "trigger the engine to start under
"cold" conditions? (Like - I think I heard somewhere that under extreme
cold sitations, you're supposed to do that?)

Not too sure - maybe someone else will have feedback.

--

Holding your foot to the floor is turning the fuel off with this vehicle,
that tells me the vehicle was flooded, when was the last time the engine was
tuned up
"mike" > wrote in message
om...
> My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> system should have had gas pressure still.
> Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> this persists?
> I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> much faith in the stuff though.
>
> btw, car is a 2.0l SOHC, 5 speed with approx. 370,000km
> Mike
> mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

Holding your foot to the floor is turning the fuel off with this vehicle,
that tells me the vehicle was flooded, when was the last time the engine was
tuned up
"mike" > wrote in message
om...
> My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> system should have had gas pressure still.
> Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> this persists?
> I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> much faith in the stuff though.
>
> btw, car is a 2.0l SOHC, 5 speed with approx. 370,000km
> Mike
> mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

MooCow > writes:
>
> Doesn't "pressing the accelerator to the floor, releasing it, then
> starting the engine "trigger the engine to start under
> "cold" conditions? (Like - I think I heard somewhere that under extreme
> cold sitations, you're supposed to do that?)

If you've got a carburetor, yes -- it will set the choke. But not on
a 95 Neon.
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer

MooCow > writes:
>
> Doesn't "pressing the accelerator to the floor, releasing it, then
> starting the engine "trigger the engine to start under
> "cold" conditions? (Like - I think I heard somewhere that under extreme
> cold sitations, you're supposed to do that?)

If you've got a carburetor, yes -- it will set the choke. But not on
a 95 Neon.
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer

"mike" > wrote in message
om...
> My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> system should have had gas pressure still.
> Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> this persists?
> I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> much faith in the stuff though.

Any check engine lights?

> btw, car is a 2.0l SOHC, 5 speed with approx. 370,000km


370 000 km? Wow, that's impressive. How has the car held up through these
years?

When did your head gasket go?

"mike" > wrote in message
om...
> My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> system should have had gas pressure still.
> Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> this persists?
> I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> much faith in the stuff though.

Any check engine lights?

> btw, car is a 2.0l SOHC, 5 speed with approx. 370,000km


370 000 km? Wow, that's impressive. How has the car held up through these
years?

When did your head gasket go?

Well... to answer all the questions.
The car had been off for about five mins. The temp today was average about
10'C, so cold temp and a cold engine would not be an issue.
As I mentioned, it would sputter as if it wanted to start, but did not have
the fuel to do so.
There was no engine light that came on once the car started. Checked the for
error codes once she got home today and there was nothing.
As for tune ups, The spark plugs are about 3 weeks old, and maybe 1500km on
them. I have not had a chance to pull them to see what they look like. Will
do that tomorrow.
There is a cold air intake on the car, with a clean filter. (cleaned it
about two weeks ago)

I am wondering about the fuel filter. I was wondering if that may be the
issue as I believe that it has never been changed by any of the previous
owners of the car, and I have never changed it.
I will check the plugs tomorrow, and run some injector cleaner through it. I
hope it was a fluke occurrance.

Mike
mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

"Bill 2" > wrote in message
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>
> "mike" > wrote in message
> om...
> > My girlfriend's car was acting up today. When she tried to start it,
> > it would sputter as if it was trying to start. I told her to put the
> > throtle to the floor when starting it. Car started without incident.
> > This is the first time this has happen. I believe it was not getting
> > fuel. What makes it interesting is that she had just been driving it,
> > gone into a store, then it would not start. I would think that the
> > system should have had gas pressure still.
> > Would anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the troubles if
> > this persists?
> > I am begining to wonder if injector cleaner would help. I do not have
> > much faith in the stuff though.
>
> Any check engine lights?
>
> > btw, car is a 2.0l SOHC, 5 speed with approx. 370,000km
>
>
> 370 000 km? Wow, that's impressive. How has the car held up through these
> years?
>
> When did your head gasket go?
>
>