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 |
Apr 2, 2013 - 1:03 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '09 From Gainesville, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 17 (100%) |
Time for new spark gaskets!
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Apr 2, 2013 - 1:10 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 6, '13 From Tampa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Apr 2, 2013 - 1:23 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '09 From Gainesville, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 17 (100%) |
Time for new spark gaskets! I've never even heard of those o.O I probally should have checked to see if that engine even has the gaskets, which are pretty much pretty O-rings. Only reason I stated that is because I recently had to change some on another vehicle that was leaking oil into the spark tubes. Which those were on the top of the valve cover, not the bottom, which yours looks like its leaking somewhere at the bottom of the spark tube itself. |
Apr 2, 2013 - 1:27 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 6, '13 From Tampa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Time for new spark gaskets! I've never even heard of those o.O I probally should have checked to see if that engine even has the gaskets, which are pretty much pretty O-rings. Only reason I stated that is because I recently had to change some on another vehicle that was leaking oil into the spark tubes. Which those were on the top of the valve cover, not the bottom, which yours looks like its leaking somewhere at the bottom of the spark tube itself. yeah when i changed the plugs and wires, the wire tubes were dry, just the plugs looked like crap. I got pics on the fist page of the thread just incase you didn't see them. #2 was the plug the wasn't detonating completely. |
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