My 1997 nissan truck has been sitting and won't start

had this exact thing occur in my car a couple of days ago. I lifted the bonnet and the air filter pipe was blown off from the filter box and a hole was in the box the air filter sits in. This was caused by a back fire problem my car has . I put the air filter pipe back on the box and have a piece of timber and gaffa tape covering the huge hole and my car runs ok until I can yet it serviced and fixed .

first will be starter try to tap starter if start is a starter problem.sometimes charged is not good is weak.try to boost.Battery connection.

the fuel will be contaminated try putting some fresh in the carb clean all the ignition electrics just cause its turning does not mean it will fire,clean the plugs remove air filter,(just till the car starts) then replace service the car its a must

This model uses direct ignition, which means each cylinder has a coil sitting on top of the spark plug, no distributor.
So - - air filter - fuel filter - spark plugs.
There are things that need to be done at a certain mileage which would be in your owners manual. Such as the serpentine belt, trans fluid change, coolant fluid change, etc.

This problem is often caused by a defective fuel pump pressure check valve, this allows the fuel in the lines and the filter to drain back into the tank, this causes hard starting. The pressure check valve is part of the fuel pump so you must replace the fuel pump to correct the problem, the fuel p[ump is located inside the fuel tank.

Hi,
You have to check and replace the spark plugs, ignition( if there is still sparks coming out ), and replace fuel fitler( drain also the fuel line of old petrol ).
You need a good technician to restart and tune it up!
Hope that helps you out.
Thanks for asking FixYa!

do you have spark? have you checked any of your sensors like crank sensor or cam sensor you said you small fuel I would do a fuel pressure test, befor you put a fuel pump in. please let me know if this helped i could have you do few more tests if needed

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It is probably bad gas. I guarantee it. If it started when you put it there, bad gas. You will have to drain the gas out by tanking the tank off or by going through the float hole. If you have a question, please let me know. I am here to help you. Thank you for choosing FixYa.

clean throttle body and the idle air control valve which is bolted onto the trottle body and it should fix it

These are the steps to replace a fuel filter.
Get the new filter from a store. Get rubber gloves and a plastic bag. Get plyers, phillip and regular screw drivers, and hole plugs.
Turn off engine. (Put out all cigarettes/cigars etc)

1) Loosen the gas cap to release pressure.
2) Put on gloves. You will get gas on your hands.
3) Loose the clamp on the top of the filter.
4) Work off hose on top of filter. Use plyers twisting back-and-forth and pulling up or pry up using regular screw driver or pry up using long-nose plyer under the rubber pipe edge. This will be harder than it looks. keep filter upright.
5) Plug the hole in the top of the filter. (It's filled with gas)
6) Loosen clamp on the bottom of the filter.
7) Cover filter with plastic bag.
8) Turn the filter down
9) Work off the hose on the bottom of filter.

To replace the filter reverse the above steps in reverse.
Plug the hole in the bottom of filter and dispose of the filter as per regulation.