Q: Car starts then dies
I turn the ignition half about 3-4 times for about 15 seconds each to here the humming of the fuel line being filled, then I fully turn the ignition key it word start up for maybe 1 or 2 seconds the cut off
My car has 92303 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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