Why does my car need gas to start?

Why does my car need gas to start?

The reason for your car having a hard time to start is not like other hard starting car problems which can be traced to the car battery. This problem shows that the air-fuel mixture is not igniting the engine or the engine is not getting a sufficient amount of fuel and air for combustion.

What causes a Mercury Mariner to not start?

While there are a variety of reasons your Mercury Mariner won’t start, the most common 3 are a dead battery, an alternator problem, or failed starter. How is a no-start diagnosis fixed?

Where is the starter relay on a Mercury Mariner?

Ford uses an antitheft system to tell the PCM to energize a starter relay located in the battery Junction box. The image shown here is from a 2008 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner. So your first job is to find out whether the no start problem is due to a bad relay or some other component or wiring harness.

Why does my Mercury Mariner engine keep buzzing?

Turned the ignition off (no buzzing) turned the ignition on and started the engine-buzzing sounded again. I,brought the vehicle to the dealership were I purchased it from. The technician listened to it and said it is the fuel pump.

What kind of car is Mercury Mariner Premier?

Alright people, try to help me out here…my girlfriend owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner Premier with a V6 engine…had to add that my girlfriend owns it because I would never own a vehicle made by ford due to it’s poor reliability, but anyway, she’s owned the vehicle for a little over a year, has 19,000 miles on it, and is having problems.

What should I do if my Mercury Mariner wont start?

Grab your voltmeter and yank the starter relay. You’ll be testing the terminals in the relay socket. Look at the bottom of the relay to find the terminal number and locate those same terminals in the socket. With the key turn to the START position, you should see battery voltage on terminals 2 & 3.

Ford uses an antitheft system to tell the PCM to energize a starter relay located in the battery Junction box. The image shown here is from a 2008 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner. So your first job is to find out whether the no start problem is due to a bad relay or some other component or wiring harness.

Alright people, try to help me out here…my girlfriend owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner Premier with a V6 engine…had to add that my girlfriend owns it because I would never own a vehicle made by ford due to it’s poor reliability, but anyway, she’s owned the vehicle for a little over a year, has 19,000 miles on it, and is having problems.

Turned the ignition off (no buzzing) turned the ignition on and started the engine-buzzing sounded again. I,brought the vehicle to the dealership were I purchased it from. The technician listened to it and said it is the fuel pump.