Quick storry!

Ran FINE yesterday, HUGe snowstorm today! Just cranks and cranks now, Popped the hood, snow has blown in the left half of the engine, but has not melted!!

IDEAS! sorry in a RUSH!

Distributer? but the snow is still snow AKA Not water yet.



Its not A LOT of snow, slight misting, maybe 1/10 inch thick at most in sections

 

BUMP!

Snow is not on cover of fuse box! But is over the distributer, very minimal....Dist is MY guess, but im not that great with cars...

Bump

 

Car has never not started, could it be the snow?

or Just coincedence? (sp?)

 

maybe the battery??


other then that maybe the dizzy but im doubting it unless your wires were all messed up and let snow get in the dizzy


maybe pics???

 

Cant get pics, dizzy hasnt been touched in 2 years, and has started fine. I checked the plugs and plug wires, both ends all look 100% dry internally. Im lost...

car has power, or seems to have enough to crank and crank, also lights and sounds works. I know this doesnt mean the battery is good, but its not cold out and it has started all year in -20 below weather with NP.

Keep the Ideas coming for now, please and thank you!

 

hmmm do you here the fuel pump go on?? are the injectors spraying??? check the plugs make sure they are sparking

 

do you have gas???


sorry im just trying to get the simple stuff out the way for now

 

check all your grounds...make sure they are bolted down tight...and have good/clean contact surface...

 

Well, tried an hour ago...started up after a few cranks and some gass...drove to friends house got some gass dropped gf off came home, started fine 4 times...Anything I should check...or just random act of fate?

 

how the fruck did snow get under your hood!?

 

sounds like you ran out of gas buddy might wanna check that every so often.

 

maybe water in the gas tank. no fuel to burn, your car wont run. but if it starts randomely could also be a bad fuel mix, your air intake might be clogged.

 

It start ALL the time, never once has it not started...

Snow got in under the hood Yes it was shut, yes it has the rubber seal, BUT the wind was BLOwing hard...it looks like it came underneath and up almost....also the rubber graumet for the hood is missing maybe 2 clips...but Ive never ocne in 2+ years had a single problem, nor should it cause a problem.

And it had gas...plenty.

would a clogged intake cause no start?

 

could be. i think the snow is irrelevant, but i could be wrong, but it just doesnt seem like it would create a problem like that. Also check the fuel system, maybe your combustions all fucked up. Are there any leaks, might of been hard to tell at the time with snow under the hood, but could be a lack of compression. Maybe your piston rings are word. old engine?

 

piston rings are worn** lol typo