# Trouble starting **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-starting/48289 "2010-05-02T22:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![petermunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@petermunk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/petermunk)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-starting/48289/1 "2010-05-02T22:55:50Z")
I have a 79 Alfa Romeo spider that is in mint condition with only 15,000 original miles. I start if religiously all winter and it turns over like a champ. But on a nice sunny day if I drive it to work and it sits in the sun all day it doesn’t want to start. I end up getting desparate and give it some gas while turning it over and sometimes that works and sometimes I end up flooding it. Why does this otherwise reliable vehical have a problem with sitting in the sun all day (other than the fact that it is Italian and I’m lucky it starts at all)? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-starting/48289/2 "2010-05-02T23:16:55Z")
I would guess it is a fuel issue. As I recall those mid to late Alfas were rather sensitive. It likely will mean a real Alfa pro, I think there are about 6 in the US. ---
**Author:** ![petermunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@petermunk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/petermunk)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-starting/48289/3 "2010-05-02T23:47:59Z")
I figured the same. I’m thinking that maybe it has to do with the preasure in the fuel line building up over the course of the day. I live in Dayton Ohio and am lucky to have nearby in Columbus an Alfa expert.