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Starting prob

Tiny
BOOKSAREFUN0
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  • 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 65,000 MILES
Sometime in the morning when I will go to start it it will crank but not start. If I let it set a few hours and try again then it will start. It used to only do it in the morning but now is starting to do it more often. I live in Des Moines, Iowa and the temp. Can range from 65 to 90 degrees when it does this. Your help would be great. Thank you
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010 AT 9:58 AM

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Tiny
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Hi booksarefun0,

When it could not start, you need to check/test for what is missing.

At bottom of post, click the " First Things To Check " link to get an idea what to look for and let me know what you find.

Read the guide below, it will help figure this out

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-cranks-but-wont-start
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010 AT 1:28 PM
Tiny
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I Know it isn't fuel problem because it will flood itself if you crank long enough and it only has 65,000 miles so most likely not compression. I don't think it is a computer problem because I never heard of a computer only working sometimes. Don't they usually just stop working completely? It sounds like maybe a distributer cap & rotor problem or could it be the whole distributer? Thank you for your help.
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Monday, August 30th, 2010 AT 10:53 AM
Tiny
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Guessing is not going to work. You need to perform tests to verify what is missing. Click the link to check out what is missing.
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Monday, August 30th, 2010 AT 12:12 PM

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