DNB

Hello experts,

Something weird came up a few days ago. I live in Southern Ontario and
the weather conditions (temperature) were rapidly changing over he last
few days- the temperature went down to -5 -9 C and it is +10 C now. Not
sure but it might be the cause of all this.

the problem is following:
I was driving in the city and make a stop to buy some beer for a
weekend. I returned to the car within 5 min (i.e it was still worm)
tried to start. it started OK. I shifted the clutch to D - the motor
stalled. The CE and the Oil level lights came on. I turned the key to
Off, waited for 10 sec and tried again- The same story. When the clutch
was in the "D" position the engine was running for a few seconds but
the RPM was pretty low (sometimes below 500 rpm) and unstable. I am
under impression that the engine is working against something stiff.

Then waited for 10 min, started the engine and shifted the clutch to "2"
and then to "D". It worked. It's been 3 days my car is occasionally
doing this. The oil level is OK - the first thing I did after it
happened the first time I drove to the oil changers. I checked the ATF -
no smell and the color is OK. The ATF level is OK either.



The guy who changed oil said it might be moisture in the fuel lines.
Does it make any sense? What else might it be?

Thanks
Dima

Backyard Mechanic

DNB <qqwerty@asdfr.gh> wrote:


> the problem is following:
> I was driving in the city and make a stop to buy some beer for a
> weekend. I returned to the car within 5 min (i.e it was still worm)
> tried to start. it started OK. I shifted the clutch to D - the motor
> stalled. The CE and the Oil level lights came on. I turned the key to
> Off, waited for 10 sec and tried again- The same story. When the clutch
> was in the "D" position the engine was running for a few seconds but
> the RPM was pretty low (sometimes below 500 rpm) and unstable. I am
> under impression that the engine is working against something stiff.
>
> Then waited for 10 min, started the engine and shifted the clutch to
"2"
> and then to "D". It worked. It's been 3 days my car is occasionally
> doing this. The oil level is OK - the first thing I did after it
> happened the first time I drove to the oil changers. I checked the ATF
-
> no smell and the color is OK. The ATF level is OK either.
>
>
>
> The guy who changed oil said it might be moisture in the fuel lines.
> Does it make any sense? What else might it be?

CE and OIl lights came on because engine stalled.

And engine might have stalled due to a stiff or dirty Idle Speed Control
valve.

also note if you have hesitation when starting up from stoplight or
sign... would be a dirty Mass Air Flow sensor.

Other possibility is leaky injector or fuel pressure regulator.


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