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Car wont start on cold days, it will turn over.

Tiny
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Car wont start on cold days, it will turn over but wont fire, if it does fire it will die fairly fast and won fire again. Already got new battery and cables and tried starter fluid. Still nothing
Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 7:32 PM

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Tiny
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Have fuel pressure monitored when cold and the issue is happening

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Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 7:33 PM
Tiny
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Haha. Need to get it started first to take it somewhere to get checked
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Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 7:45 PM
Tiny
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Any way it could be a clogged fuel filter. I tend to buy cheap gas
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Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 8:01 PM
Tiny
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No, there are bypasses in the filter

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Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 8:06 PM
Tiny
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Not that I can find, sorry, i'm not to great with cars and super poor lol. Shouldnt it at least fire a bit with starter fluid though?
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Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 8:16 PM
Tiny
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It should but did you check for spark?

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Sunday, January 13th, 2013 AT 8:37 PM

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