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Old 08-22-2003, 10:48 AM
4-Door Flunky 4-Door Flunky is offline
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It goes against everything I've ever heard about fuel injection (namely, don't pump the pedal), but here it is.
After my car stopped running for a couple of weeks and I replaced the distributor, it wouldn't start.
Finally, I pumped it. I might have held the pedal to the floor...and it started up. It would spin around, and almost catch and run on its own, but I had to pump it and maybe hold it to get to actually run.
I think it just needs to work air out of the fuel line.
Anyway, try pumping or holding the pedal.
Flunky
PS-I know that pumping it is something people get used to when they are starting a car with a carburetor. I was told NEVER to pump the pedal on a fuel-injected motor...
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