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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 12:41 PM
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My 2000 Camaro SS starts up a little rough. Usually i have to give it a little gas while starting it because the engine is stuttering. Once its started everything is fine. But if i start up the car and it stalls while stuttering it refuses to start. This happened to me today in my driveway so i took one of my other cars and jump started it with cables. Even with the cables it did not want to start at all. I finally got it to start up and all was fine.

The idle is definetly a little rougher than i remmember but its set at around 1000-1100 rpms.

What would cause my starting issues? Would a bad O2 sensor also give me trouble? I have no check engine light codes and replaced the battery/alternator recently. I also recently replaced my throttle position sensor because when i would start the car it would automatically rev the engine to red line without pushing or doing anything.
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Did the battery ever go dead?
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 08:32 AM
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It probably doesn't matter but i figured out the problem and its fixed. All 8 spark plugs were bad so i swapped them for new ones and everything's great.
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Yeah man fouled plugs is your issue for sure. My car is doing the same thing right now because I need to tune it.
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It probably doesn't matter but i figured out the problem and its fixed. All 8 spark plugs were bad so i swapped them for new ones and everything's great.
Fix your tune; fouled spark plugs can keep your rig from starting.
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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 09:09 AM
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Well i drove around for like a month or two without a tune about a year ago. I had the car tuned and all was well. I guess that period of not having a tune came back to bite me.
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