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Old Jul 9, 2014 | 04:44 PM
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Hello folks,I have a 99 gs 300 and im having some starting issues.The car starts and runs great,but sometimes it wont start,it cranks fine,but it wont turn over,i let it sit a day or 2 and it starts and runs fine,it did it the other day and I shot a little starting fluid in it and it tried to start but died when the fluid burned out,i let it sit a day and it started and ran fine,now its back to the none start,by tomorrow it will start and run fine.CAN someone please help me out,
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so maybe it's the starter?
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No the starter works great,Its definitely a fuel problem,Im trying to figure out if its the pump starting to go,or the fuel regulator,sometimes it seem that the pump is not getting the signal from the key.maybe a bad ignition switch.Ive dealt with bad starters before and im sure that's not the problem,and the car is not throwing any codes.
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Old Jul 10, 2014 | 09:11 PM
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It sounds like a car when it's out of gas. I'd probably replace the fuel pump. Mine went at 114k miles.
My 2 cents. Gl
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It has gas,I did a scan and it comes up as 2798 code,it means my chip in the key is not communicating with the ecu,if I don't turn the key right away it seems to start right up,its either the key or the ignition it self
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damn, i hate electrical problems.

do you have any other keys?

try isolating the problem.
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