Cold engine likes to die |
Cold engine likes to die |
Mar 27, 2013 - 3:37 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 6, '13 From Tampa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
So believe it or not, it's been a little chilly in Florida the past few days. By chilly I mean low to mid 40s. I know its snowing in other parts of the world but for FL, it's chilly! I started my car Monday, turned over just fine and then promptly the rpm's fell to 0 and it died. I tried again, same thing. I thought if i drive it some it'll warm up and be fine. It died 3 more times when the clutch was pushed if, so i had to keep my foot on the gas so it wouldn't die used my left foot to brake to get to work. after about 5-10 minutes of that it would run without dying. I'm thinking that the battery's ok, else it wouldn't have turned over at all correct? Anybody have an idea why a cold engine would die like that? I'm stumped.
This post has been edited by PaddyTapps: Mar 27, 2013 - 3:38 PM |
Mar 28, 2013 - 7:00 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 6, '13 From Tampa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Oil is definitely leaking from the oil pan gasket, need to get that fixed and check after to see how much oil consumption is goin on. I changed the plugs and wires this afternoon, no more dying but it idles extremely low. It drops down to about 200 rpm on start up and comes back up to about 500. I know the idler pulley needs replacing, but I don't think that the pulley being bad would make my rpms so low.
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