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post Jan 16, 2005 - 11:05 AM
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In winter, if I start the car and dont let it run for 15min (minimum) before driving it. Sometime, the car dies when Im about to go. I know it's not good for the car to drive it when the engine is still cold but my case is not normal because sometime it does that even I waited like 10-15min. My battery is 1 year old (1000 ampere)...spark plugs are 6 month olds...dont have any 'Check Engine' light in the dash...I wonder if it can be the wiring (because I didnt changed it since I have my car). What do you guys think? confused.gif

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post Jan 17, 2005 - 3:40 PM
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firstly they should ticket you for letting a car idle for 10 to 15 minutes before not driving it. All you are doing by idling a car is wasting gas, and money, you really aren't stressing your engine much more than starting it and driving off. The best way to warm a car up is to drive it. You could idle a car for 10 to 15 minutes and not have the engine temp indicator move, or you could drive it for less than 5 minutes and see the indicator move. In regards to your problem, not sure but I use to drive a volvo that stalled when it was cold and put into reverse bacing out of the garage, unless you kept the revs up. Doubt its water in your gas line, since the local stations often have winter gas... but you could try another gas station, and or a different blend.

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