Q: Car hard to start first thing, have to push gas all way down to start, then fine rest of day

asked by on July 05, 2017

Car has problem starting past 2 days, have to press gas pedal all way down for it to start, then rest of day its fine, it acts like its not getting any fuel to me.Ive just replaced alternator, sparkplugs, radiator, and battery, its got nothing to do with those, could it be fuel pump????

My car has 1910000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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