TetsuKatana

Well, I live in Texas, and right now it's probably 105 degrees or greater in direct sunlight, and my car is having trouble starting. For example, I got my hair cut today and left it in the sun for maybe ten minutes, and when I came back out it took three trys for it to even turn over, and the time it worked I had to hold the key forward for more than just a couple seconds. This doesn't happen at all, for example, when I go out to the garage to start it in the morning- it starts up fine. Once I get it started, it runs perfectly. The engine has about 6 to 7k miles.

Anyone know what it might be? Is it just the intense heat out here?

classicauto

iTrader: (3)

could be...

However regardless of heat, you should be able to turn your key to "start" and it should turn over--->

That could be bad connections at the starter, bad connections at the battery or a dying ignition switch.

As far as it taking a lot of cranking to actually fire it could be a number of things.

I would first do a compression test to see how good it is, that is a major contributor to problems with hot starts. After that, I would question the injectors as sticky injectors or ones that aren't getting a perfectly atomized spray can cause minor flooding and hard starting which is more apparent when its warm.