i have a 2000 monte carlo ss and it was raining for the past 2 days. tried to turn on the car this sunny morning and it was having a hard time starting. it stalled a bit during startup. anyone have any idea what i can do to fix this problem?

 

You may have a leak in your fuel system, that allowed the water to get into it...

First things first, check your fuel pressure

 

As stated, leak in the fuel system, perhaps releasing a small amount of pressure from the line (thus after two days, no more fuel in the line and the pump has to build it back up). If you can smell gas under the car, that's probably the issue.

 

A buddy of mine had a problem similar to this. He ended up needing new plugs and wires. We looked at them when it was wet and dark out (and still in the engine) and we could see one of the spark plug wires sparking at the head. Just something else for you to check out.

 

I would definitely start with the plugs and wires as zipper said, it's a good place to start and it's regular maintenance anyways

 

now the car won't start. i can hear it cranking and trying to. also i hear a popping sound sometimes, maybe the spark plugs?

 

It's tough to say. It leads me to think one of two things:
- Battery is dead (not holding a charge anymore)
- Fuel Pump is dead

But without looking the car over, tough to truly call it. If you can "borrow" a battery from another car and pop it in the Monte, that's the quickest way to test a battery.

 

so the problems narrow down to either bad spark plugs and wires, water in the distributor cap, bad fuel pump, bad fuel pump regulator, bad fuel pump hoses. anything else?

 

so the problem turns out that the battery couldn't hold a charge. i got it replaced with a new one, check the alternator and starter and everything was running great. thanks everyone for the advice and help!

 

Glad we could help.

FYI - I noticed in an earlier post you mentioned "water in the distributor cap". Your 2000 Monte Carlo does not have that. The distributor cap/rotor design is replaced with the ignition module and the coil packs. Just for future reference (otherwise you'll spend all day wondering why you can't find a cap).