Hi everybody, I've got a little 1993 Mazda 323 that has been giving me problems since I bought it last year. It occasionally won't start-- at least, not without some tricks (parking on a hill that slopes up, pumping the gas pedal). It's an automatic transmission. This happens only occasionally, and usually when I'm running an errand. I'll park the car, leave it in the lot for half an hour to an hour, and then it won't start. If I wait a little longer it may start again, and whenever I leave it overnight, it's fine the next day. The one time I've taken it to a repair shop, the car started just fine for the mechanics. Nothing seemed obviously wrong to them. Any ideas about what this could be? Does it have to do with the heat (I live in Florida?)? Any help would be very much appreciated.

 

have the voltage checked on the battery and then on the alternater some time the voltage regulater that is built in to the alternater goes in and out before it dies comepletely also check the alternater belt it could be slipping if it's not tight enough