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Thread #103102   Message #2096481
Posted By: GUEST,mg
07-Jul-07 - 03:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: What could make my beautiful car stall?
Subject: RE: BS: What could make my beautiful car stall?
I am definitely female and only a girl so how do you expect me to know all this? Well, way past middle aged but who is counting. It stalls basicly only in the morning, wet or dry...and it seems to be mostly morning. If I walk to work and don't really start it till about 5 p.m. I don't think I have problems. I did have the fuel line filter changed and that changed it from stalling about 4 times on the way to work to only once when I started out..but it is back to about 4 times now..in morning, wet or dry...

I am inclined to think of gunk in the fuel tank that works its way out as it stalls and starts a few times. Warming it up in the driveway does not seem to help. It is like it has to go through the stop and start process a few times..and it doesn't cooperate when I cycle through that in the driveway.

Well, I like the car so I will print out these great suggestions and discuss a few with a mechanic...I think the car wants to keep running so I will put a bit of money into it..The mechanic I used to go to really understood the car but now he has retired.

Now about the rust on the car doors...a couple of really bad rust areas..you can see daylight through them. When I lived in Canada we had rust inspections so every New Year's Eve would get this grey stuff, and smear it on our rust and pass the inspection. I can't find any here. Does anyone know of any product I could buy? I finally found something that you mix up but this was like spackle for cars and worked well. I am just trying to keep the car going..not enter it in a best of breed or anything.. Thanks for all suggestions.mg