1998 Ford Taurus My 1998 Ford Taurus has intermittent start

MBacheler · Posted at Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:38 am

Engine Mechanical problem
1998 Ford Taurus 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 136000 miles

My 1998 Ford Taurus has intermittent starting problems. When it does start it will start all day and have no issues until I let it sit over night and then it may not start for several days. I changed the fuel filter and it seemed to do the trick for a few days then, poof, same problem back to starting every second or third day and running all day no matter where I go it starts right up. I changed the spark plugs and they were quite dirty and the engine wouldn't turn over right away, but after an hour started right up and ran from noon until 10pm. I go out to start the car today and it cranks and wont start. I can hear the fuel pump engaging when I turn the key before I try to start the engine and I definitely have fuel getting to the spark plugs so I doubt that is the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance to all who are able to assist me in troubleshooting this issue.

BMRFIXIT · Posted at Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:07 am

What about the spark do you have spark when it fail to start
should check
and let me know

MBacheler · Posted at Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:11 am

Sure thing I got a spark. When I got it started yesterday the idle was so slow it sputtered and almost stalled but the idle fixed itself after about 2 minutes. After running lots of errands with no starting issues, I started the car every couple of hours until I went to bed. I woke up at 6am and the car starts fine today and most probably will all day.