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Question: wont start hot- on two occassions

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icebeast, Cheshire, OH, October 17, 2009, 13:41
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130,000 miles.
the car would not start for my wife after a brief ATM stop. she waited 30 minutes, then it started. had no other issues with starting for three weeks.
one week after the bad start, i changed plugs and wires. thought car was running great.
today, it would not start after filling up at a gas station. same thing, i waited about 45 minutes and then it started.
drove it home and tested it in the drive a few times, restarting it.

the only other possible symptom was that when accelerating between 50-55 MPH, the car would feel like it was sputtering. (more of a feeling than an actual noise) but after replacing the plugs and wires, this issue disappeared.

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    mastertech154 October 17, 2009, 15:03
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    Hello , sounds like you might have a fuel pump going out ,, you need to check fuel pressure when the symptom occurs

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