# Car has a hard time starting if sitting more then few hours?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-has-a-hard-time-starting-if-sitting-more-then-few-hours/122439>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** amanti, kia\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-has-a-hard-time-starting-if-sitting-more-then-few-hours/122439 "2018-08-07T01:15:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-has-a-hard-time-starting-if-sitting-more-then-few-hours/122439/11 "2018-08-07T11:08:08Z")

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> [@Iag216](#):
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> my battery is real old and the negative terminal wont tighten all the way.

Get the battery changed first of all, It’s difficult to diagnose other problems when the battery is bad.

then attack the fuel problem as George\_San\_Jose1 mentioned

Meanwhile, keep at least 1/4 tank of gas in it as a minimum. And replace the air filter.

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