Reply With QuoteCharge the battery and try again. 20-50 is too heavy for -20c. 10-40 would be better until + temps.
Starting Issues
I tryed to start my car last night in the cold, -21C and it turned over once and then just bogged out. Then i tryed to more times and its would turn over but then nothing.
I recently put 20w50 in becasue of a leaking ring, but i dont think this is an issue since i ran it all last winter.
Could it be a fuel issue? Filter, Pump? I know these are expensive parts any solutions?
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Charge the battery and try again. 20-50 is too heavy for -20c. 10-40 would be better until + temps.
"The gas pedal wouldn't go to the floor if it weren't meant to be there"
Originally Posted by Ross
Problem is it turns over so battery is fine. Oil is fine also.
I've determined that its an ignition problem, i think it's coil, or the ignition wires from the coil to the engine. I some how believe that its not the distributor, since i drove it 2 days ago and it ran great!
Help
Big, Big Time Poster
around the same temperature i was having kind of the same starting problem. it was flooding and i believe the icv valve had actually frozen while shut - i took it inside and warmed it up and put a very tiny bit of 3in1 oil in it and the car started right away. CAUTION DANGER DANGER i don't think it was related - i think the hg went because my water pump failed but 10 minutes later my temp guage was in the red and my headgasket was kaput (and i was seriously scruuud) so... be careful dude. http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36378
I just pulled it off, it was closed, and i had a spare lying around that was open adn i put it in, it didn't help.
Still dieing out
Big, Big Time Poster
sorry man - maybe a bit of water froze in the fuel tank/supply? gasline antifreeze maybe? dunno bout the electrics, man.
I was thinking that, but i could smell gas after trying to turn the car over a few times, the fuel line is ok i think.
Big, Big Time Poster
thought of a longshot for you, my last "hf it's cold" guess - way out there but i've been having alternator problems... i think my alternator bearing is so gummed up the resistance actually creates a load on the engine (belt is good)... enough to make it even stall once (engine was still pretty cold now i think about it) this 'load' is apparent only in cold weather... maybe your alternator froze up?http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36862 i know that's far out... but i (very carefully) put (a tiny bit of) 3in1 oil in recently and still haven't heard from it. isn't winter a bitch?
Its not the alternator or battery, the car still turns over just doesn't get ignition i think. Its got to be fuel, air or ignition source. And i think its either fuel line issue or ignition part
Any more thoughts....HELP!!!
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