my 92 N/A MR2 won't start in the winter?

John H · 12 Jul 2010, 04:04 am

it was a cold morning i was about to turn on my mr2 (its parked outside of my apartment complex) the weather was 3 degrees. I had about 1/4 gas left and the day before, the car was running fine. I tried to turn it on and it would barely wheeze out the exhaust and it died. I was guessing the fuel lines are frozen since water must of accumulated in the early morning and dripped down to the bottom of my car and since water is heavier than gas it clogged my lines, frozed and won't start. my battery was fine and so is my starter after trying to jump it, trying to rule out the weak battery. So i tried putting HEET in my gas tank with 5 gallons of premium fuel, shaked the car a bunch of times to improvise mixing it and deal with it the next morning. the car still won't start. I recently replaced the spark plugs. HELP!

Nick · 12 Jul 2010, 04:10 am

Ok first off, I take it the wheezing you spoke of means that it cranked, turned over, and actually ran (kinda) but before it could really start running it kind of sputtered back out. Now it will not restart or come even close? I also don't believe that your fuel lines are frozen. There is no condensation inside a gas tank, unless you don't have a gas cap, or have been leaving it very loose. It actually sounds like a much more normal malfunction. It sounds like a bad fuel pump to me. These are in the tank, which means you'll have to buy one (sadly not cheap compared with the rest of the Camry parts you find on these engines) and have someone install it. Unless of course you feel like you (and your tool collection) are competent enough to drain and drop the tank, get the fuel pump out and back in, and put it all back together.

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