sepulslaya
04-11-2008, 01:20 PM
86 DX, 220,000miles, basic daily driver.
the car normally starts and runs great but on and off recently the car turns over and over and over and if i floor it and keep it floored while cranking the motor it will start, but it takes a second to get up to speed and kinda sounds like it's got to wind up like a jet winds up faster and faster until it gets going. it's strange, but it's worked.
well now that trick doesn't work. i tried starting it and it sort of begins to wind up but it never gets going fast enough to get to a normal idle. if i keep the gas floored it will stay running after i disengage the starter but it's really rough and if i back off the gas at all or try to slip out the clutch or it just dies.
anyway, i'm gonna go get some carb cleaner but i don't have time to test it before i leave for work tonight because the battery is now dead from repeated attempts. just thought i'd post on here before work so if someone knows what's going on i can try other methods if the carb cleaner doesn't work.
the car normally starts and runs great but on and off recently the car turns over and over and over and if i floor it and keep it floored while cranking the motor it will start, but it takes a second to get up to speed and kinda sounds like it's got to wind up like a jet winds up faster and faster until it gets going. it's strange, but it's worked.
well now that trick doesn't work. i tried starting it and it sort of begins to wind up but it never gets going fast enough to get to a normal idle. if i keep the gas floored it will stay running after i disengage the starter but it's really rough and if i back off the gas at all or try to slip out the clutch or it just dies.
anyway, i'm gonna go get some carb cleaner but i don't have time to test it before i leave for work tonight because the battery is now dead from repeated attempts. just thought i'd post on here before work so if someone knows what's going on i can try other methods if the carb cleaner doesn't work.