S13 must have gas pedal pressed to start. MANUAL

[91es13coop]

Hi im posting for a friend who says in order to start his car he must have his gas pedal with his clutch pressed to start his car, i figured i could ask on here and see what comes up i went through the first five pages and searched under the advanced search option and didnt find anything other than vaccuum but seems to be something more than that cause we have search and listened and found nothing 3 times over. dont have a vaccuum compression tester but ya seeing if it might be anything else thanks guys

[curbhuggerrps13]

have u gone under the dash and see if there is a kill switch under the pedal?

[camaro379ss]

Is it must have pedal depressed to get car to crank or to get car to actually run?

[Mishkin_707]

Is it must have pedal depressed to get car to crank or to get car to actually run?


thank you! thats what i was thinking.

to the OP, have you or you friend even looked under the dash prior to posting on here?

[Skraight]

I'm having the same issue with mine. I have to hold in the gas pedal otherwise it just clicks and won't turn over.

Could it possibly be the spark plugs are fouled?

[supreme_1]

tps or cts?

[Skraight]

Sorry for the late response, but I'm not sure. It's a KA24DE from a 93 swapped into my 89 hatch.

[Skraight]

Bump still having this issue, replaced the battery because it was bad. No kill switch under the pedal.

And when it does start after a few tries, it idles really low at about 500 rpms and bounches between 500-700 and then after it warms up goes to 1000rpm or so at idle.

I already cleaned the MAF/intake to check that.

[RedSiBaron]

Have you checked your tps yet?

[Skraight]

No I have not, I need to get a multimeter first.

Also, just noticed my FPR only reads 24psi at idle, shouldn't it be set to 43?

[Skraight]

Fixed my issue.

Hose connecting the fuel pump to the line was ruptured. That would explain the low PSI on my FPR. Installed new pump/hose and adjusted the FPR to 43 and it runs fine.