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Thread #103102 Message #2096199
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
07-Jul-07 - 03:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: What could make my beautiful car stall?
Subject: RE: BS: What could make my beautiful car stall?
Try pumping the gas pedal a couple of times before you switch on... but be careful not to flood the engine. We had a Yugo that had the same sort of trouble.
Little aside here: When I took my first driving lessons, I always started in a 'warm' car. When I tried to start our car from 'cold', I could never do it. My instructor (who was a bit of a git), had never thought to tell me how to start a 'cold' car. I stalled the Yugo many times before I learned the correct amount of pumps (twice on good days, 4-5 when it was cold outside).
It may also be general crap in your fuel tank or hoses that settles to the bottom overnight, so clogs the feed when you start up again. Once it's been running for a while, the crap slooshes round with the rest of the gunk and flows properly.
Sorry if 'crap', 'slooshes' and 'gunk' is too technical for you - although I can fix a few minor problems and identify more, I still tend to use 'blondespeak' when referring to the infernal combustion engine.
Otherwise, don't let me near it - I've stalled an automatic car and that's nigh on impossible!!