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My car starts but ..

My car starts but ..

Postby that1mexguy » Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:41 am

.. it's taking it about 2-3 seconds longer!! Waz up with that?? Lately I've noticed that I have to crank it for about 2-3 seconds longer (maybe 5) for it to start, and once it starts everything is cool ... do you guys think I should be concerned? I just hope this is not an early symptom for something else. Thanks in advance for your replies.

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Postby wiz2 » Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:51 am

Sounds like the battery. Go to Autozone/Advanced Auto to get it checked for free.
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Postby that1mexguy » Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:27 am

battery was just replaced less than 6 months ago, think it may be defective?
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Postby djsaltine » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:14 am

wiz2 wrote:Sounds like the battery. Go to Autozone/Advanced Auto to get it checked for free.


^^agreed
any recent "under the hood" work??
plugs/wires?
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Postby that1mexguy » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:26 am

djsaltine wrote:
wiz2 wrote:Sounds like the battery. Go to Autozone/Advanced Auto to get it checked for free.


^^agreed
any recent "under the hood" work??
plugs/wires?


nope... dang... what else could it be?? :(
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Re: My car starts but ..

Postby Paladin06Greg » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:45 am

What does your air filter look like? When was the last time you had a tune up? Is your throttle body dirty? If you're in the cold, wet, rainy, snowy northeast, you might want to think about putting some water removal additive in your gas tank. Hey if it's turning over it's getting fire, maybe weak fire but fire.

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that1mexguy wrote:.. it's taking it about 2-3 seconds longer!! Waz up with that?? Lately I've noticed that I have to crank it for about 2-3 seconds longer (maybe 5) for it to start, and once it starts everything is cool ... do you guys think I should be concerned? I just hope this is not an early symptom for something else. Thanks in advance for your replies.

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Postby FLASH » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:07 am

Same problem!
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Postby that1mexguy » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:36 am



I read ur thread, but my car does start ... just kinda slow so I'm not sure it could be the same, unless your car would take a while prior to when it finally died on u, did u experience something like that?

Paladin06Greg wrote:What does your air filter look like? When was the last time you had a tune up? Is your throttle body dirty? If you're in the cold, wet, rainy, snowy northeast, you might want to think about putting some water removal additive in your gas tank. Hey if it's turning over it's getting fire, maybe weak fire but fire.

Good Luck!


It's been a while since i cleaned my air filter (i have the CAI, it's kinda hard to reach it, hehe) but i will check into all your recommendations, thanks a lot guys!
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Postby Midias » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:51 pm

mine sometimes does it in the morning but after it is normal. Altho mornings around here have been about 20F
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