# Turnes over, won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 28, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turnes-over-wont-start/22641 "2008-11-28T16:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_howard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@don\_howard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/don_howard)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turnes-over-wont-start/22641/1 "2008-11-28T16:20:41Z")
99 taurus, it turn’s over but would not fire. Then it started and ran fine. I changes the plugs, wires, fuel filter, added fuel injector cleaner to the tank, sprayed the MASS, changed the air filter… then a few weeks later it happened again what now? ---
**Author:** ![pia516](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pia516](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pia516)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turnes-over-wont-start/22641/2 "2008-11-28T16:45:28Z")
Had a similar with a Toyota. Check out your distributor cap, it might be cracked. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turnes-over-wont-start/22641/3 "2008-11-28T19:50:08Z")
I am leaning more towards a power supply problem to the fuel pump or a intermittent problem with the pump its self. If the pump system checks out you may have a heat sensitive ignition part. When the car fails check and see what kind(if any) spark you have. ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turnes-over-wont-start/22641/4 "2008-11-28T20:43:19Z")
You have done most of the first-step things (tune up, and routine maintenance) that we usually have to remind people to do who have a start or performance problem. Now, we need some more basic stuff: finding out if the problem is based in fuel, or spark. piaf516 and oldschool ask you to check the spark circuit. We, also, need to check fuel. Spray a Starting Fluid into the intake tract. If it then starts, runs a few moments, then stalls, the problem is fuel (supply,or injection). Results? ---
**Author:** ![don\_howard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@don\_howard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/don_howard)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turnes-over-wont-start/22641/5 "2008-11-29T15:09:51Z")
Thanks guys, i will look at all the ideas.