markmdz89hatch
03-10-2003, 02:24 PM
So the past week or so, I go to start the car, and boom, just like clock work, she starts right up. One push of the pedal, a turn of the key, and she's cranking at high idle for a few, then drops right on down. OK, so there's nothing wrong with that.
But lately, I go to turn her off and what do I get....
Turn the key to off, she's out of gear, or in gear but with the clutch in (obviously) and here it goes...
sput-sput...sputter-put-put-put-sputter....shivvver....put-put-sputter.....cghehhhhhh.....cough... OFF.
Well now WTF is that all about, the gremlins under the hood don't want to stop runnin or what?/??????
Anyway, OK, I can deal with that although it's a little odd if I don't say so myself.
But this afternoon on my lunch break, I go out, get in the car, start her up, reach my destination point, park the car, shut her off and she does that whole little song and dance. But this time I go out to start her after finishing up my 2ck. Chalupas and nachos, and what do I get.
Ahhh, the beautiful sound of a starter begging for something to ignite so I can stop it's monotonous r....r...r...r...r.r..r..r..r.r
Nothing, so I stomp on the gas a few times, turn the key, same thing. Now I put the pedal on the floor, and keep it there while trying to turn it over. And finally after about 15-20 seconds of starter, I hear it attempting to drink those little dribbles of gasoline that were so anticipated minutes before. I let her sit for a second so she could get back to breathing more like she should, then mimicing a Honda on Athsma, and she ran fine. I guess the true test now will be to see what she does in an hour when I bid a fine farewell to my place of employment for the evening.
any thoughts? Dirty carb? Bad fuel? 99% user error? Drunken gremlins in the carb drinking up all the fuel in the lines?
But lately, I go to turn her off and what do I get....
Turn the key to off, she's out of gear, or in gear but with the clutch in (obviously) and here it goes...
sput-sput...sputter-put-put-put-sputter....shivvver....put-put-sputter.....cghehhhhhh.....cough... OFF.
Well now WTF is that all about, the gremlins under the hood don't want to stop runnin or what?/??????
Anyway, OK, I can deal with that although it's a little odd if I don't say so myself.
But this afternoon on my lunch break, I go out, get in the car, start her up, reach my destination point, park the car, shut her off and she does that whole little song and dance. But this time I go out to start her after finishing up my 2ck. Chalupas and nachos, and what do I get.
Ahhh, the beautiful sound of a starter begging for something to ignite so I can stop it's monotonous r....r...r...r...r.r..r..r..r.r
Nothing, so I stomp on the gas a few times, turn the key, same thing. Now I put the pedal on the floor, and keep it there while trying to turn it over. And finally after about 15-20 seconds of starter, I hear it attempting to drink those little dribbles of gasoline that were so anticipated minutes before. I let her sit for a second so she could get back to breathing more like she should, then mimicing a Honda on Athsma, and she ran fine. I guess the true test now will be to see what she does in an hour when I bid a fine farewell to my place of employment for the evening.
any thoughts? Dirty carb? Bad fuel? 99% user error? Drunken gremlins in the carb drinking up all the fuel in the lines?