1997 Saturn very rough cold start

Tiny
DOUBLEPEDALDYLAN
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  • 1997 SATURN
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  • 250,000 MILES
This car has been though a lot. Almost everything on it has been replaced, yet it runs great, until recently.

minnesota just got to its cold season, and my car will barely start. If it does manage to turn over, it is barely doing so, and sounds almost like a diesel, just barely running and then maybe will smooth out. Other times, it wont even do that on its own. In that case, I have to put the accelerator to the floor and hope that it catches.

also, the engine is EFI.
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007 AT 11:42 AM

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Tiny
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With the slow cranking you probably have a bad battery or one that is starting to fail. For the engine not starting unless the gas is down probably relates to the slow cranking. If not then replace the coolant temp sensor and if you have a MAF sensor clean it.
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007 AT 12:19 PM

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