Expert: Stephen Sokol - 4/6/2007

Question
I can not get my car to start after it sat for about 2 months.  I have spark at the coil and the spark plug ends at the spark plug and the plugs are moist with fuel.  But it just cranks and cranks and does not start.  First time I ever had this problem.  

Answer
Under some conditions fuel can stay good for years and with the right combination of weather fuel can go bad quickly. But it could be that you have cold weather fuel and now it is warm and so had starting ensues. Try a judicious squirt of starter fluid and if it works then change the fuel--if it does not work then something has failed in the timing section.