projcinco

any help will be appreciated.
its been around five months since i turned my car on and now it doesn't stay on. it cranks but it idles at 500 rpm for around 20 seconds then it stars to die slowly. what do you guys think it is? thanks.

musclehead954

It could be a numer of things. Clogged injectors, clogged fuel line. A short circuit somewhere. A vacuum leak. youve asked a very vague question.

iluvmy2000civicex

Very true... bad battery, old gas, fuel lines and filter, plugs and wires... plenty of things it could be.

projcinco

thnx. anyone else?

projcinco

alrighrt guys. so it was a wire connected to an injector that was cut for some reason, took care of it. i checked and all injectors worked, put it back together fired it up and it started up perfect but after around 10 sec's it died slowly and didn't work again. so i pulled out the fuel rail thinking it might of been something around that area but all of that was fine. now what could it be?

projcinco

MugenEH3

try a simple tuneup, new batt, oil change, spark plugs, fuel injector cleaning, etc... also, does it even have gas?

nskforlife

do you have any bumper fluid in your car? might need to get some.

this is one of the most vague questions i've seen asked in a while.

you might as well ask, "why is my engine dead"

analyze a situation before asking such a vague question.
(at least some cool sound effects or something...)

Hondamonster

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nskforlife &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you have any bumper fluid in your car? might need to get some.

this is one of the most vague questions i've seen asked in a while.

you might as well ask, "why is my engine dead"

analyze a situation before asking such a vague question.
(at least some cool sound effects or something...)
</TD></TR></TABLE>
im getting like a.. chi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh.

nskforlife

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hondamonster &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
im getting like a.. chi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh.</TD></TR></TABLE>

is it a hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh
or a hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrvvvmmmmmblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh?

the hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh is a common sign of faulty rings. ur gonna need a new motor.
and the a hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrvvvmmmmmblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh is the cam position sensor, (should be throwing code 9) you're gonna need to replace your distributor

Hondamonster

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nskforlife &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

is it a hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh
or a hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrvvvmmmmmblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh?

the hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh is a common sign of faulty rings. ur gonna need a new motor.
and the a hi-chi-chi-chi burrrrrrvvvmmmmmblebelelegbdhghghslghghghshghssgsg buh is the cam position sensor, (should be throwing code 9) you're gonna need to replace your distributor</TD></TR></TABLE>
nothing's wrong with the fakin dizzy, its the wiring.

actek23

check the muffler bearings... those tend to go out...

but id check with the battery first since it could be toast, since the car has not been turned on for a long time.

switch it out with another from another car and work from there. if you get the same results with the different battery then you know its not the battery.


Modified by actek23 at 11:05 PM 5/28/2008