Thread: 01 grand prix starting problems

Went to start it it cranked and then started died imediatly then would not start after that. this hapened a couple of times a week previos but it did start up. Now it will only crank over but will not fire. Any ideas on where I should start

I have the same problem but my car is a 97 gtp. ran fine all day and now it will crank over but wont fire. i dont know if a new system engine light is on now because it already has some issues with the cat pressure. any ideas on where to start?

Does it stay running with your foot on the gas? Check your IAC valve and clean MAF sensor.

it doesnt run at all, besides turning over. im going to try to work on it this weekend and ill see if i can get the trouble codes

Just did this last week. I would be driving for about 30 minutes and if I pulled in somewhere and shut down the car it wouldn't start for hours afterwards. One day the pump just stopped working entirely. It would crank and crank and never fire.

I would say its your fuel pump. Autozone/Advanced etc have the drop in assembly for $309. ZZP has the pumps for $125. I bought the kit from them, went home and installed it in less than an hour. Had to talk to Steve and Zoom to get a bug worked out but I have been driving the car for 3 days since install. I'm having a strange long crank symptom right now that wasn't there before but I'm looking into it. I do believe its your fuel pump.