My car is turning over, it does start up if I hold in the ignition long enough but it still struggles?

Question

It's not a battery problem because the battery is brand new, today it's starting up fine like it should, but yesterday it struggled 2/3 times.

It was very rainy yesterday if this can influence anything.

Answer 1

this happened to my old clio, and it was the spark plugs. I think only 1 out of the 4 was working, so it was really struggling to get started

Answer 2

if you think that the problem occurs mostly when it rains, then i would say it is a ignition problem, a cracked dist. cap, worn spark plug wires or a cracked coil or coils or even the car's ECM.. depending on the year of the car and the make....water being a conductor of electricty, will cause the ignition spark to go to ground instead of the spark plug, if one of the components listed above get wet....what might help is wait until it is very dark outside, start your car and lift your hood...look at the plug wires and see if you see any blue sparks or glowing from the wires, if so then that is your problem...

Answer 3

that sounds like an intake problem or an air hose is bad somewhere in the vaccuum lines. If there is a vaccuum leak, than the increased humidity will make it run rough because of the heavy mixture of air.

Answer 4

You need a good tune up it sounds like an ignition problem ~~

Answer 5

d be ignition wires. if it's running good today,leave it running,open hood and spray some soapy water on plug wires(soapy,because straight water doesn't conduct well),you may see sparks off wires,or engine starts missing..are wires orogonal

Answer 6

Hows your altanator? You might need a tune up and new spark plugs.

Answer 7

Could be a dead spot on the starter... does it even go rrrr rrrr rrrr when you stick the key in...or do you just here a click..?