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ford4fun

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When I went out to start the car yesterday, in the 7 degree weather, it would not start. Then , at noon, I tried it again. It fired right up. I thought it was a fluke until this morning. It happened again.

My car is a '98SE 2.5l 5 speed with about 80,000
 
Sounds like a ground issue to me. The cold could be making some wires move a bit, double check connections at the battery and at the starter.
 
how is the health of your battery? any car is going to be hard to start in 7 degree weather .... hell I have a new battery in mine and it was slow to start the last two mornings ....
 
The battery was fine yesterday. it cranked over strong. now this morning I tried to many times and had to put the battery on the charger.
 
ford4fun said:
The battery was fine yesterday. it cranked over strong. now this morning I tried to many times and had to put the battery on the charger.
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Wait what? a battery shouldnt wear out that fast...

a friend of mine and I were working on a Saturn that wouldnt started, we cranked that thing over and over again all day after trying to figure out what the problem was, the battery never died....
 
I cranked on it for some time this morning before typing these.

lately things seem to be going wrong. last month it was the coil. last week i found the crank sensor unplugged. What bugs me here is the fact that yesterday when I tried at about 2:00 when it was 30+degrees it started. I thought maybe I got water in the gas somehow. Possible?
 
I just got home and tried to start the car again. It fires but will not quite start. What could be causing this? I also think I should put a battery in it.
 
I'd recheck the coil pack and crank sensor connectors. Are you able to recharge the battery overnight with a charger?
 
Probably is water, get some alcohol water remover (HEET or other product). Even if that's not the problem, it'll help anyway
 
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