starting problem

[flyguy]

Okay, this isnt on my explorer, but on my girlfriends 94 camry. I figured you guys could help out. It seems when she leaves her car overnight or for a period of time... it wont start unless you give it gas. Whats wrong? I was think I read something about the fuel pump not priming... or something causing you to lose fuel pressure after you turn off the car... although I forget what makes you lose the pressure... am I on the right track here?

nick

 

[Ru Dawg]

Nick, not too sure on the fuel pressure part, maybe a regulator problem, but it could also be an idle air thing. I had a very similiar problem w/my 95 Ranger. Not sure on the setup of a camry, but the cause was a bad IAC (Idle Air Control) solenoid. My truck would start fine when it was warm, but in the cold especially overnite I would have to give it lots of gas pedal to get her to start, then it wouldn't idle w/o giving it some gas untill it started to warm up...maybe look into that..hope this helps man!

 

[flyguy]

cool. She took it to the dealer and they said nothing was wrong and wanted to charge her 75 bucks just for looking at it... Of course she threw a fit and kept it another day... now they say they think they might know whats wrong... lets see...

nick