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Old 01-21-09, 09:19 PM
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With all this Cold Weather latley I am having promblems at Start up . The car will start up and then Stall. I have to restart with my foot on the gas for a few secounds. Any suggestions?
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It does this sometimes when its cold. Check you battery?
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Originally Posted by toddpa332
With all this Cold Weather latley I am having promblems at Start up . The car will start up and then Stall. I have to restart with my foot on the gas for a few secounds. Any suggestions?
Try cleaning the fuel injectors with fuel injector cleaner. Also clean your throttle body.
Old 01-22-09, 06:02 PM
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Try checking your fuel pumps or your water pumps.
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Battery is new , From Sears . Water pump is not due to be changed yet. Fuel cleaner is run every thru every 3,000miles . Throtle body is cleaned every 6,000 miles. Only 93 gas is run in the Vehicle. It does this Every day now. It no longer idles High like it should when you first start the vehichle. The ECU has been reset with no results. I have no Codes. O2 sensors are working fine per Scanner information.
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air / fuel mix is too rich?? i assume spark plugs are ok..

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Old 01-22-09, 09:20 PM
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check all your Vacuum hoses
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if it spikes rpms and then drops, bogs out on start up, clean the idle air control valve. Its a common problem on the ES.
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Spark plugs . wires .coil packs have less than 10,000 miles on them. where is the idle are control valve? Any pics of location and instructions on how to clean? Thanks
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