epic engine sneeze

**sdg3205** · 08-01-2014 10:27 PM

3205 has been rock solid for years.

Tonight i went to start it after it sat warm for about 3d hours. It fired up right away and promptly sneezed, like a huge rush of air!

It then immediately stalled and wouldn't restart.

I swapped csv and wur plugs and it started reluctantly and died again.

As it struggled I could hear it sneeze again, then die.

I haven't investigated yet as we were going to get dinner and took the wife's car, but if this is a vacuum leak, it sounds like letting the air out of a compressor. It was HUGE. Loud enough to scare me.

Ill let you known what I find.

**Jonathan** · 08-02-2014 12:14 AM

Could be vacuum leak related, like you said, but if it's air building up and then escaping all of a sudden, any chance something got in/crawled in to your exhaust or muffler tips and is plugging up the air on the way out? Just a thought. I was thinking a mouse or rodent, but I guess it could be Slimer in there mucking around while he steers clear of Peter Venkman of course