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I started parking my car in the garage and not driving anywhere from 1-3 days.
I’ve noticed when starting it stumbles and feels like a very slight misfire for about 5-10 seconds then clears up and drives fine.
Never noticed it when parking outside even for same duration of not being driven.
The garage does feel slightly cooler than outside temps, I wonder if it’s condensation building in the cylinders or something?
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You could try a dry gas product. How long is the fuel sitting before fill up?
You may have stale gas. You may want to pull some plugs to look at them.If humidity is high in your area, it’s possible that the cooler temperature inside your garage is allowing light condensation to form in or on an ignition component, like inside the distributor cap, on the surface of a coil or an exposed area of a spark plug’s insulator. If there’s a noticeable swing between daytime and nighttime temperatures, it’ll contribute to condensation formation.
It’s been pretty muggy and in the 80s-90s and cooler nights.
How come I never experienced this when car was simply parked outside? Same hot days/cooler nights temp changes no?
[quote=”college man” post=173890]You could try a dry gas product. How long is the fuel sitting before fill up?
You may have stale gas. You may want to pull some plugs to look at them.[/quote]I fill up once a week and never let it run below half a tank. Use Shell gas too.
Pulling plugs will show signs of stale gas?
[quote=”Evil-i” post=173894]If humidity is high in your area, it’s possible that the cooler temperature inside your garage is allowing light condensation to form in or on an ignition component, like inside the distributor cap, on the surface of a coil or an exposed area of a spark plug’s insulator. If there’s a noticeable swing between daytime and nighttime temperatures, it’ll contribute to condensation formation.[/quote]
Is condensation build up normal? My car does has a distributor cap it’s a 98 Honda Civic. Will any damage occur or?
[quote=”myfavecoupe_” post=173906][quote=”college man” post=173890]You could try a dry gas product. How long is the fuel sitting before fill up?
You may have stale gas. You may want to pull some plugs to look at them.[/quote]I fill up once a week and never let it run below half a tank. Use Shell gas too.
Pulling plugs will show signs of stale gas?[/quote]
Won’t show stale gas but it will tell you how your engine is running.
[quote=”myfavecoupe_” post=173904]It’s been pretty muggy and in the 80s-90s and cooler nights.
How come I never experienced this when car was simply parked outside? Same hot days/cooler nights temp changes no?[/quote]
Yes, but when garaged, your car isn’t exposed directly to the morning sun, which will heat up your car sooner and dry things out. The condensation thing is just a theory anyway. It might be nothing more than coincidence that the car has started to act up since you’ve been garaging it.
Try parking it outdoors for a couple of days to see if the condition persists.
[quote=”Evil-i” post=173942][quote=”myfavecoupe_” post=173904]It’s been pretty muggy and in the 80s-90s and cooler nights.
How come I never experienced this when car was simply parked outside? Same hot days/cooler nights temp changes no?[/quote]
Yes, but when garaged, your car isn’t exposed directly to the morning sun, which will heat up your car sooner and dry things out. The condensation thing is just a theory anyway. It might be nothing more than coincidence that the car has started to act up since you’ve been garaging it.
Try parking it outdoors for a couple of days to see if the condition persists.[/quote]
I’m thinking condensation would be less of a factor in the garage as it wouldn’t cool down as fast. Unless the garage has ac
The garage is cooler than outside. I notice about a 5-10 degree difference.
I once started it with garage door still closed and it didn’t stumble.
Noticed it happens when I open the garage door and then start it. Maybe it is a coincidence but a week before I started garaging it I didn’t drive for 3 days and didn’t experience the stumbling at start up
So went into the garage today and it felt pretty damp in there. I wonder if that’s contributing to it. How could I lessen the dampness?
Unless your garage is insulated and is attached or has a good power source already connected, you’re going to spend way more money trying to regulate the climate of your garage than you would even throwing a few parts at your car. Not that you should ever randomly throw parts at a problem, but as an example in this case you could start looking at your tune up related items and replacing those based on mileage or time. Even if they are still apparently functioning properly.
[quote=”myfavecoupe_” post=174002]So went into the garage today and it felt pretty damp in there. I wonder if that’s contributing to it. How could I lessen the dampness?[/quote]
What vehicle are we on?
[quote=”college man” post=174064][quote=”myfavecoupe_” post=174002]So went into the garage today and it felt pretty damp in there. I wonder if that’s contributing to it. How could I lessen the dampness?[/quote]
What vehicle are we on?[/quote]
It’s a 98 Honda Civic ex. Also I’ve replaced plugs and wires less than a year ago. Distributor cap replaced about 3 years ago.
Today was working on my brakes and had garage door open. Car wasn’t driven for 3 days. Started up fine when went for a test drive. So it’s pretty random and idk if having the door open helped evaporate any if at all condensation that may have built up past few days
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