# Car turns over but won't start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turns-over-but-wont-start/40326>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, malibu\
**Created:** [December 4, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turns-over-but-wont-start/40326 "2009-12-04T01:42:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Barbfriesen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@Barbfriesen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barbfriesen)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turns-over-but-wont-start/40326/1 "2009-12-04T01:42:47Z")

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I turn the key it turns over but won’t start. I can hear the fuel pump. I tried the sparkplug thing and that worked. Can you give me any ideas

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-turns-over-but-wont-start/40326/2 "2009-12-04T01:47:26Z")

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Spray a little starting fluid in the air intake while turning the engine over. If it fires then dies you’ll know you have a fuel supply fault, perhaps a plugged fuel filter or maybe lost fuel pressure.