Sputter, coughing, jumping idle, help?

[jchilders04]

So, i have two problems.1. In the mornings after all night sittin when i go to start my car it takes about15 sec, cause i turn it turns over but doesnt start, and again until it turns over and stays.2. in the past 2 days it did something new twice, the car is idlingit drops down and simply dies, when i try to restart it it does the morning thing and doesnt start for a good 30 45 sec of tryin to crank it....eventually it starts and is fine.

also at idle it sits at 700ish but everyonce in a while jumps down to 500 in a bit of a cough it seems, which i'm not liking either.

I think the fuel filter could be a part of this, any ideas? any kind of input would be great

[eastcoastchaos]

unplug the MAF sensor then crank her up, you might need a new one or at least some cleaning. worked for me

[Nismo_Freak]

Check MAF first, replace fuel filter anyways, and if that doesn't solve the problem then look into the fuel pump.

It is equally possible the fuel pressure regulator is dying.