Your 94 tercel starts fine first thing in the morningbut after driving it and leaving it parked for about anhour it is hard to start sometimes holding the gas petal to the floor seems to help?

Answer 1

If your car makes a loud "click" sound when you turn over the motor (but it doesn't fire) it is likely your solenoid. If you do it repeatedly and starts that is what it is. If it isn't starting, you can shift to neutral, push the car or rock it just a wee bit, then go back in park, the solenoid gets jarred enough to work. If it is turning over but not starting, then you may have some debris in your fuel line filter. You could try a fuel (STP etc.)cleaner in your next tank of gas, it may help. It sounds like you need to clean out the carbon-build up in your fuel injection system.This is different from the stuff you put in your gas take to clean out your fule injector nozzles.Buy some stp air/throttle body air intake cleaner(you can get it at auto zone) for a couple of bucks.Take off the air cleaner next to the fuel injection throttle body.open the throttle plate switch and spray with the car turned off onto the plate and in the chamber to clean out the carbon build-up.The carbon is what affects idling and stalling because of the buildup inside that affects the air/fuel mixture,you may also need to take off and clean your air intake valve.good luck