I drive a 2005 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab Truck.
When I first attempt to start the engine, it starts for a second but then dies, then when I try to start again it is like it is half on half off, it shakes and it clearly is on idle but like at the point of dying out, I tried to press the gas pedal but it did nothing, it was still shaky, then it dies out after a few seconds. Then when I attempt to start it, it won't start at all. After I wait several hours, it does it again. I even tried it a day after and the same thing. The truck can't start now.
I noticed when I had someone try to start the truck, that there was light smoking out of the muffler, a strong smell of gas with a hint of what smelled like electrical or souding of metal/wire.
Prior to this final issue, the thing is that when I did get it started and it was or trying to gain normal idle, when I got on the road and drove, it seems okay-like it was running fine, even when I stop at a red light, it seems fine. No shaky engine while on idle.
The problems seems to occur upon start of the ignition.
I am the kind of person who waits till quarter tank before re-fueling, I hardly fill the tank to the top, and my service record is not immaculate. I also live on a pacific island where the weather never gets colder than 70 degrees. In these 5 years my truck has been faithful and quite reliable. No other problems except some faulty clutch assembly that needed to be replaced. I am not a car buff however I take to heart any advise that make darn sense.
With the information provided, could you possibly help diagnose or figure my problem(s)?
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 AT 9:58 AM
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