Car starts, then shuts off

by **~Spadwaller~** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:50 pm

I'm having a wierd problem lately. On a cool day (after I've parked for acouple hours) I goto start my car and it doesn't start on the first time. The rpm needle just dies. Usually It goes straight to the 1000 rpm. So I rev up the motor to around 3000 rpms for about 5 mintues and my car stays on again like normal. Should I be worried about this? Could this be due to the fact that I'm using 87 octane with my S/C?

by **indiglosolara** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:54 pm

your idle position sensor might be going bad.. this same thing happened to my camry a few months back. It also happen to a couple of ppls i know that own a camry or solara.

Its the beginning symptoms....

Dont quote me on it but im just going by experience and what you explained....

Cost me $280 for the sensor and Labor to fix...

by **dominoSLEV6** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:09 pm

ALSO YOU'RE USING 87 OCTANE WITH A BOOSTED CAR!

That might not be helping you know. I know prices are harsh, and not from experience, but from what I've heard and read many many many times, it's a good idea to take the hit in the pocket for the higher octane. I'm N/A and I do it anyway. At least I'll be used to it once I'm boosted.

-chris

by **SC V6** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:02 am

dominoSLEV6 wrote:ALSO YOU'RE USING 87 OCTANE WITH A BOOSTED CAR!

That might not be helping you know. I know prices are harsh, and not from experience, but from what I've heard and read many many many times, it's a good idea to take the hit in the pocket for the higher octane. I'm N/A and I do it anyway. At least I'll be used to it once I'm boosted.

-chris

thats probably the worst thing you could do w\ a S\c... don't do that... you should be using premium...

by **Alex(AUS)** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:04 am

Clean the throttle body ... you will be fine.

Alex

by **Fletch** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:45 am

Yes, what Alex said. My accelerator was sticking so I searched around the forum, cleaned my throttle body (very oily) and it's all good now. I had a throttle position sensor CEL several months back. It was only a $50 OE part, but come to think, the throttle body probably just needed to be cleaned...

by **Jon11582** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:31 am

Mine used to do that, I found out my intake wasnt on tight enough so I had an intake leak. I tightened the clamps and i didnt get anymore starts that sputtered and died. Dont know how this relates to an SC application though.

by **SleeperSolara** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:32 am

87 Octane wit a S/C; not good man.
You should be usin' 91, you should alost check you idle sensor like everyone said, and clean your throttle body.

by **~Spadwaller~** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:11 pm

When you guys are at a stop light where does your tach needle land above or below the 1 ?

by **toy4x4boy** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:09 pm

Below.

by **Hsakuragi** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:11 pm

~Spadwaller~ wrote:When you guys are at a stop light where does your tach needle land above or below the 1 ?

690 - 740 rpm max

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:56 pm

Clean the throttle body
Clean the idle air control valve
Check the air filter/air filter box and clean/replace filter as needed
Your s/c was clean when you installed it, right?

by **krawzyazn** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:46 pm

haha you cheap arse 87 with SC I'm using 91 and I don't even got a sc

oops lol

by **ChargedSolara** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:58 pm

krawzyazn wrote:haha you cheap arse 87 with SC I'm using 81 and I don't even got a sc

81??? damn mark..jk.

yeah man u gotta go for 91 minimum w/ sc

Car starts, then shuts off

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