# Car wont start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/33723>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [July 21, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/33723 "2009-07-21T00:09:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hondadriver94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@hondadriver94](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hondadriver94)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/33723/1 "2009-07-21T00:09:54Z")

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i was driving home from work my fuel was about on E and all of a sudden i started losing power. i was in third but had to shift down to second. my car was getting weak then it sputtered and died. i started it up again and it ran until i tried to drive it. i put gas in it and it wouldn’t start up. now it will start up sputter then die. i cleaned the air filter and my fuel pump is coming on so i dont know what to do.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/33723/2 "2009-07-21T00:14:33Z")

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You need to have the fuel pressure tested.

You know what takes out fuel pumps the most? Running low on gas!

Tester

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**Author:** ![hondadriver94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@hondadriver94](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hondadriver94)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/33723/3 "2009-07-21T03:16:41Z")

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i can hear the fuel pump, but now it will start up and get to a thousand rpms run a little while then sputter and die.

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/33723/4 "2009-07-21T10:38:09Z")

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The fuel line may be full of air, since the fuel pump had no gas to pump. Turn the ignition switch on four times for three seconds each time; and, start the engine. You may have to start the engine several times to get all of the air out of the fuel line.