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2000 ZX2 intermittently won't start
On Friday night, I was visiting my father in the hospital. I went out and it would not start. It cranks fine (new battery 3 weeks ago), but acts like it wasn't getting fuel. So, I left it there and went back down Saturday morning...still wouldn't start. I checked the fuel shut-off switch and it wasn't tripped. I also put in some dry has (I had a half tank of gas at the time) and let it sit while I visited with my dad. I came out and it still would crank, but not start.
So, I had it towed to the dealership on Saturday afternoon assuming that it was probably the fuel pump or a clog in the fuel line. They went to look at it on Monday morning and it started up as if nothing was wrong. The service manager said that they started it up more than a dozen times and it was fine. He shoed me how to turn the ignition to where the lights come on and listen for the fuel pump to make a humming sound for a few seconds in case it happens again to rule out the fuel pump.
So, I picked it up last night and it started fine. I went to the hospital to see my dad again. It started fine when I came out and I drove home. It started fine this morning to come to work. I just went out to make the bank run and it won't start again. I turned the ignition and I can hear the fuel pump hum for like two seconds, so that pretty much shows that it is functioning and NOT the problem.
Thoughts?
He told me to try it again later and call him if it still won't start, but not to try over and over. The dealership is going to tow it in and I think he is coming over personally to see what it is doing.
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