Not Enough Gas in the Car

thank you, should i replace my spark plug wires?

If it is dry outside the wires probably will start the car, but you did not give us much in the way of facts about the car, its condition, age or history. So, it is not clear to me what is needed.

If the car ran before, ask yourself; what changed? How long has it been since it last ran? What was it running like before it stopped? When you tried to start it did it run at all or just crank without firing?

Generally, it can be one of two things that prevent a car from starting. One is spark. The other is fuel. You can also have a timing issue, like the timing belt breaking. Then the valves will not open and close at the right time or at all.

Checking for spark is easy. Just pull a spark plug cable off and attach a spark plug with the threaded end grounded to the engine. Have someone try to start the car and see if you can see a spark at the plug's end. If not, then you have an electrical issue most likely.

If the spark is there, test for fuel. Pull a plug and smell it. Is it soaking wet (if yes, the car is flooded)? Is it clean (if not, maybe the plugs are fouled)? If there is no fuel smell or wet plugs, then it could be a bad fuel pump. Fuel injected cars have a DME relay in the fuse box that can go bad.

Try reseating the relays. Look for bad fuses. Tap the relays with the back of a screw driver when you try to start it.

Or maybe you just should call AAA.

thank you....before this happen with my car, it had cranked up and ran pretty good until about two weeks ago...it started to spurtter when i gave it gas?