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Thanks, Eric.
Funny you mentioned coolant temp sensor, because I had 3 breakdowns with this car in 4 years, 2 of those 3 involved coolant temp sensor.
First time it happened was after some 30,000 miles of me driving the car. One morning the car just didn’t start. My buddy came over to check it out the same day, and said I needed to change the coolant temp sensor because its cold outside and the car doesn’t recognize the water temp hence automatic choke isn’t working. I replaced it, the car was back to normal instantly.
10,000 miles later, same problem, one morning, car just kept hopelessly cranking. Went to the store, another $10 for 2nd coolant temp sensor in 1 year, screwed it in place, and the car was working.
And my recent car breakdown, 2 months ago. Tried to start the car, didn’t start, just kept cranking with accented smell of fuel under the hood.
Local mechanic said that the car is throwing too much fuel into the carb, so injector needs cleaning. So he apparently cleaned the injector and now the car is driving with these freshly occurring hiccups.
Thanks, Eric.
Funny you mentioned coolant temp sensor, because I had 3 breakdowns with this car in 4 years, 2 of those 3 involved coolant temp sensor.
First time it happened was after some 30,000 miles of me driving the car. One morning the car just didn’t start. My buddy came over to check it out the same day, and said I needed to change the coolant temp sensor because its cold outside and the car doesn’t recognize the water temp hence automatic choke isn’t working. I replaced it, the car was back to normal instantly.
10,000 miles later, same problem, one morning, car just kept hopelessly cranking. Went to the store, another $10 for 2nd coolant temp sensor in 1 year, screwed it in place, and the car was working.
And my recent car breakdown, 2 months ago. Tried to start the car, didn’t start, just kept cranking with accented smell of fuel under the hood.
Local mechanic said that the car is throwing too much fuel into the carb, so injector needs cleaning. So he apparently cleaned the injector and now the car is driving with these freshly occurring hiccups.
Thanks Eric, I learned something new today, didn’t know about the flooring-cutting injectors trick. Seems logical and I hope my car has that “feature” built in.
I don’t have much tools at home, I’ll try to check this at my friends garage this weekend.
The worst thing is that this occurs inconsistently. For instance, I started the car this morning, it started immediately, drove normally for 20 miles, then I stopped for an hour, started it normally again, stopped after couple of minutes to get some gas, and drove off, the car started normally.
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I asked a buddy of mine on this issue and he told me I should check the plugs and plug wires…I didn’t change those in a while, but given that the weather was incredibly damp today, I don’t think they’re the problem.
PS – I tested the car’s fuel economy 2 times in past 3 months, by filling it up, measuring the traveled distance with GPS and filling it up again, I get 55 mpg. If the leaky injector is the problem, will it eventually ruin my mpg?
Thanks Eric, I learned something new today, didn’t know about the flooring-cutting injectors trick. Seems logical and I hope my car has that “feature” built in.
I don’t have much tools at home, I’ll try to check this at my friends garage this weekend.
The worst thing is that this occurs inconsistently. For instance, I started the car this morning, it started immediately, drove normally for 20 miles, then I stopped for an hour, started it normally again, stopped after couple of minutes to get some gas, and drove off, the car started normally.
:dry:
I asked a buddy of mine on this issue and he told me I should check the plugs and plug wires…I didn’t change those in a while, but given that the weather was incredibly damp today, I don’t think they’re the problem.
PS – I tested the car’s fuel economy 2 times in past 3 months, by filling it up, measuring the traveled distance with GPS and filling it up again, I get 55 mpg. If the leaky injector is the problem, will it eventually ruin my mpg?
Hey thanks for you input.
To answer your questions;
1) 2-3 minutes, I’m just going in and out the store.
So, to sum it up and avoid confusion – I start the car up in the morning, car starts immediately, I start driving and it kinda hesitates and makes those “I’m working on 3 cylinders” sounds, those symptoms go away after a minute of driving
Then, after 5 minutes of driving normally, I stop at the local store to get my breakfast. I turn the car off, finish my shopping and get back in after few minutes.
This time, car barely starts. I have to crank it for 10 seconds to get it going, and when it finally starts – it runs normally, drivers and accelerates smoothly. And even later in the day when I drive around, the car starts and drivers normally.
Maybe it’s a “morning” thing maybe it’s random, I can’t say.
This is my carb, I’ll check fuel pressure.
Could these be some ignition symptoms? I’ll be honest, I bought the car with 150,000 miles on it and now it shows over 200,000 miles on the clock, and I didn’t change my plug wires or fuel pump, or fuel filter 🙁
One important thing I forgot to mention! One time at my daily commute the symptoms were a bit different;
– The car started normally in the morning, drove 5 minutes to the grocery store without any hiccups, left the car running in front of the store, got out in 5 minutes and as soon as I got back in fastening my belt, the car just died while idling.
And I tried to start it again, and it kept cranking and cranking with no results. Left it alone for 5 minutes and tried again, and after a long 10 second crank, the car finally started.
Hey thanks for you input.
To answer your questions;
1) 2-3 minutes, I’m just going in and out the store.
So, to sum it up and avoid confusion – I start the car up in the morning, car starts immediately, I start driving and it kinda hesitates and makes those “I’m working on 3 cylinders” sounds, those symptoms go away after a minute of driving
Then, after 5 minutes of driving normally, I stop at the local store to get my breakfast. I turn the car off, finish my shopping and get back in after few minutes.
This time, car barely starts. I have to crank it for 10 seconds to get it going, and when it finally starts – it runs normally, drivers and accelerates smoothly. And even later in the day when I drive around, the car starts and drivers normally.
Maybe it’s a “morning” thing maybe it’s random, I can’t say.
This is my carb, I’ll check fuel pressure.
Could these be some ignition symptoms? I’ll be honest, I bought the car with 150,000 miles on it and now it shows over 200,000 miles on the clock, and I didn’t change my plug wires or fuel pump, or fuel filter 🙁
One important thing I forgot to mention! One time at my daily commute the symptoms were a bit different;
– The car started normally in the morning, drove 5 minutes to the grocery store without any hiccups, left the car running in front of the store, got out in 5 minutes and as soon as I got back in fastening my belt, the car just died while idling.
And I tried to start it again, and it kept cranking and cranking with no results. Left it alone for 5 minutes and tried again, and after a long 10 second crank, the car finally started.