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<henree21@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151029962.485408.140100@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>I have a 96 corolla. And I recently had trouble starting it in the
> morning. I have had this issue before. And usually changing the battery
> was the correct remedy. So I changed the battery 5 days ago. And the
> car had no trouble starting up until today. Right after work, at around
> 6:00 pm. I had a heck of a time getting the car to start. Could this be
> the battery again? Or could there be underlying problems?[/color]


When you try to start it, does the engine crank (turn over) the way it
normally does right before the car starts, or do you just get dead silence?

I had a Tercel from 1990 that was REALLY hard to start if the engine was
cold, it would crank and crank, and if you cranked it for long enough (being
careful not to overheat the battery) it would start, run like utter crap for
a few minutes, then start running fine.

If I recall correctly, it was an exhaust problem. Warm, it would start
right up. I am not sure how any exhaust problem could cause this, but I
think it might have had something to do with exhaust gas recirculation or
emissions stuff or something.