96 challenger trouble starting

[Charvet7]

I have never had a problem starting my challenger until last sunday. I took it out the week before and it ran great.
The time prior to having trouble with it I forgot to run the water out of the engine when on the trailer. Could this have caused the hard starting?

It took me about 25 minutes to start. (Battery barely made it) Spark plugs are good, and it helped to start when I took the cover off the air intake. Any suggestions? It ran great after it was going.

Thanks

 

[kustomkarl]

You might have gotten some water back into the exhaust. I would just fire it up after it's out of the water and rinsed if in salt water. Have you replaced the spark plugs in a while? You might want to do that too. Be sure the battery is charging full and is in good condition. If in doubt have it LOAD tested at like Auto Zone for free. If it has a bad cell, or 2 it might show full charge but not have enough amps to start it up.

Karl