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Pacfanweb said:
Have you tried slightly opening the throttle while cranking the engine?

If this gets it to start, your problem is the IAC (idle air control) valve. Frequent concern when the weather changes.
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I was cranking the thing, but not slightly opening throttle...hrmm brb

edit: nope didnt work...

tells me you need to have it towed to someone who knows what they're doing.
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Well thankfully I live amongst mechanics and people who have done this sort of thing before. Couple friends are mechanical engineers amongst other things and another few have restored several 60's cars. So it's not that bad, but if the car doesn't start and my wizards can't do anything, yea the car will have to be towed.
 
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it is probably your fuel pump. You could try spraying some ether in the air intake. But i wouldn't recommend it, could damage motor
 
did you explain to your wizards that you think it's related to the sub-zero cold caused by global warming? they should be able to cast a spell of warmth upon your car and make it spring to life.
 
erikistired said:
did you explain to your wizards that you think it's related to the sub-zero cold caused by global warming? they should be able to cast a spell of warmth upon your car and make it spring to life.
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I asked them about this, but even the wizards thought global warming was a fable composed of nothing more than the pixie dust from Al Gore's genitals.
 
This is your old stang? COuldn't it just be vapor lock? I dont think those cars had vented gas caps. Try popping the gas cap off and cranking it.
 
When you turn the key to "on" (one position before start), you should hear a whining sound from the fuel pump. Try keeping the door open and do it in a quiet area if possible (late at night might be best). If you don't hear anything, it's probably a dead fuel pump or bad relay.

One even easier way to confirm that is to pull the air filter out and squirt starting fluid into the throttle body. If everything else is normal but it's not getting spark, it should start up within a try or two and run for several seconds. If that doesn't work, there's another issue.
 
AMCRambler said:
If this is a classic mustang it's probably got a mechanical fuel pump. You really can't hear those because it's only pumping when the engine is cranking.
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I didn't catch the vehicle. Even easier if it has a carb.
Remove air cleaner, look into carb. Push linkage, look for fuel shooting into carb.
 
it's not a classic mustang, if it was the problem would have been found and fixed 24 hours ago 😛

It's a '99 Mustang. 🙁
 
ayabe said:
condensation in the tank/fuel line.

Since we're all guessing.
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That actually sounds right. I was thinking along a similar line and that actually might explain why the car fails to get going immediately in cold weather like this.
 
Fuel pressure = ? It's already been suggested what to check next, now go and buy a $15 fuel pressure gauge and do it :awe:
 
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