It COULD be a weak fuel pump. I have had a similar situation. In my case all I had to do was turn the ignition to RUN not start and let it sit until the pump stops humming. After the pump stops humming,then start the vehicle.
A bad fuel pump will cause your vehicle to not start or sputter and then stall. A dirty air filter can have the same symptoms.
It might sputter and sound like it is trying.
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you will get a hint when the car begins to lose power, start to sputter, or even stall.
A bad fuel pump will cause your vehicle to not start or sputter and then stall. A dirty air filter can have the same symptoms.
They start to sputter,stall and stop running.
if its turning over then its most likely one of 3 things, fuel rail, plugs or wires, or fuel pump, if none of these are suffice, then i'd honestly check the ignition pack, its unlikely but it happens.
Check the ignition module. They can fail when hot
I have a 98 Z24 cavalier and ran into this problem. I had in diagnosed and was told it was a #2 oxygen sensor located underneath towards the rear on exhaust pipe. Be sure if you do this yourself to disconnect the negative on the battery before you start. I wasn't told this and my car sputtered 3x worse than in was and had to do the whole procedure over again and then some just to get it to run half ways normal again!
usually this is the fuel pump in the tank going bad. I have had this problem many times for customers.
Start with replacing the fuel filter, it may be plugged.
Check with Taurus Customer Service through their website.
Does it turn over??
the engine