Engine struggling to startup
osok_deadeye_21
10-27-2004, 12:48 PM
Hi i live in northern idaho and its about high 30s in the morning when i leave for work. every morning i start my car up it struggles to start. why is this. what can i do to fix this prob?
Musashi3000GT
10-27-2004, 12:51 PM
maybe its your ignition coil! check to see the condition of the sparkplugs, wires and ignition coil. I assume you already checked the starter motor (they hessitate before the burn out most of the time).
osok_deadeye_21
10-27-2004, 01:21 PM
dang man i am dumb when it comes to car mechanics.
Stealthee
10-27-2004, 07:48 PM
Its your battery. If it is giving you a hard time on cold mornigs you either need more CCA's(cold cranking amps) or the battery is just weak.
Technical_Automan
10-28-2004, 08:10 PM
Battery is the first thing, the second thing to check would be your oil...if you're running the specified 20W-50 oil in that cold of weather, you'll have start up issues because the oil is so thick, change to 10W-30 for winter, and change back come spring. If you don't know what that means print this out, go to you're local auto store, give it to them, and say I want some of those. lol
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