88Ngone
01-11-2018, 04:57 PM
Hello All,
I need some help. I should preface this by saying that I have basic mechanical skills, but am no expert. So please feel free to break any advice down into baby steps and descriptions.....I take no offense to that and rather appreciate any help given.
So heres the short and sweet, VIN 10541 has been running just fine since March 2017 as back last year and the year before she had a lot of work done by DMC Houston to get the engine running just right. In short just about all the fuel components were replaced or rebuilt, brakes and tires checked, transmission rebuilt, etc.
Fast forward to the last 6 months and I have been driving with no issues and have made sure when I get extremly busy with life to at least weekly fire up the engine until it gets warm and the fans come on, and cycle everything through.
Last week I went to fire up the engine, and the car wouldnt start or turn over. I tried again and got the car to fire up and run for about 2 minutes, then it just randomly shut off. I went to restart the car multiple times and it would start up immediatley and immediatley shut off. The first step I took was to check and charge the battery thinking maybe it didnt have enough juice to fully cycle, but even when the battery charged back up I had no luck. I know it isnt the starter because it does fire up and if I hold the key to the start postion the car will stay on and I can hear the starter continue to go. It will even allow me to rev the engine for a second, but again, when I let the key go the car kills over. I tried the famous plug swap, which I was so excited to figure out because Ive never done it before, but no luck. The tempature here was easily below 20 degrees last week, but even today at 65 degrees, it didnt help.
All this to say, Im a clueless newbie who sucks with troubleshooting cars, and I could use all the help I can get. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Respectfully,
Jared
I need some help. I should preface this by saying that I have basic mechanical skills, but am no expert. So please feel free to break any advice down into baby steps and descriptions.....I take no offense to that and rather appreciate any help given.
So heres the short and sweet, VIN 10541 has been running just fine since March 2017 as back last year and the year before she had a lot of work done by DMC Houston to get the engine running just right. In short just about all the fuel components were replaced or rebuilt, brakes and tires checked, transmission rebuilt, etc.
Fast forward to the last 6 months and I have been driving with no issues and have made sure when I get extremly busy with life to at least weekly fire up the engine until it gets warm and the fans come on, and cycle everything through.
Last week I went to fire up the engine, and the car wouldnt start or turn over. I tried again and got the car to fire up and run for about 2 minutes, then it just randomly shut off. I went to restart the car multiple times and it would start up immediatley and immediatley shut off. The first step I took was to check and charge the battery thinking maybe it didnt have enough juice to fully cycle, but even when the battery charged back up I had no luck. I know it isnt the starter because it does fire up and if I hold the key to the start postion the car will stay on and I can hear the starter continue to go. It will even allow me to rev the engine for a second, but again, when I let the key go the car kills over. I tried the famous plug swap, which I was so excited to figure out because Ive never done it before, but no luck. The tempature here was easily below 20 degrees last week, but even today at 65 degrees, it didnt help.
All this to say, Im a clueless newbie who sucks with troubleshooting cars, and I could use all the help I can get. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Respectfully,
Jared