bodymassage3

Sometimes I get a little time to think out my route ahead of time. By this, I mean that about once every few months, my car won't start. There was a period about a year ago where it would do it about every other day, and I was going on a pretty long stretch until today.

I have a '99 Chevy Tahoe. The car will try to start just fine. Half of the time, you could just hold the ignition to on and it will attempt to start as long as you're holding it. The other half of the time, it will actually run for up to about 2 seconds. Giving it gas in this short period of running *almost* seems to make it die faster. A trend I notice is that the longer that I let it sit after noticing its having one of its little fits, it has more of a chance to actually run for the second or two that it will. All of this will go on for between 5 and 15 minutes. Whenever it decides to work, it starts up perfectly just like it didn't take 15 minutes of my busy day. It had been going on pretty constantly about a year ago. I just assumed it fixed itself.

I know fairly little about cars and how to diagnose problems, but I was told by someone that the remote start on it could be causing the problem. It will attempt to start just like any car that works perfectly, but it won't enter the "running" phase, and if/when it does, its only for a few seconds at most.

If anyone recognizes this problem, or even has an educated guess as to what to check in to - preferably a cheap one - I would be most appreciative. Thanks in advance.

Like I said, i'm no mechanic, but tell me what/when/where/how/and why and i'll get it checked out.

Edit: It acts like its flooding, but I don't smell gas, and this is in the morning. Its not like I had a brick laying on the gas throughout the night. I just sit in it, try to start, and no-dice. Is it possible that a car could flood itself, even with the gas pedal depressed?