Hey guys....i have a problem starting up my car in the morning....or if i dont run it every 5 or so hours.....turned it to ACC...has light(normal), but when it comes to starting it, the car seems like its choking.....checked my battery at kragens. its fine(but i could be wrong). i have to jump start it by going down the driveway.

checked_
spark plugs...ok
distributor- dunno
battery- ok


please help me. thanks in advance!

 

bad ground somewhere or bad starter.. it starts fine by push starting it?

 

So are you saying it is hard starting as in... it turns over slowly, or barely turns? If it will start by rolling down a hill, yolu probably have a bad starter... or starter relay. You might start by checking the ground for the starter. if that is good, move to the starter relay and the starter itself. If I am off track here, I apologize, but that is what it sounds like you are saying.

 

wilp99... great minds... that shit is earie man.

 

hell yea..im a goddamn genius.

 

as a cheap try, have your battery rechecked.....mine for my truck was doing some of the same funky sh*t and when they hooked up the battery they said "it's good". well i had them hook it up again and watched the volts when it sat there connected.....when its not being used it's at 12.8, but when you start your vehicle, it goes to about 10.0 to 10.6 volts...well, mine dropped to 10.0 and they said "see, it's good!"...dumba$$ didn't watch it for the whole time and it dropped to 9.2, then 8.9, so on and so on. So maybe have it checked again?

 

thats great you guys....ill try that and ill update you guys. thanks a whole lot....

another thing too..when i checked my spark plugs...the seals looks busted again.....the rings for the head/spark plugs... cut myself trying to take those off the last time.

 

Huh?

 

you dont take those off. they come with new sparkplugs. and they actually shouldnt be able to be removed.

 

 

I can't beleive he was taking those off. That is fucked up.

 

thats how you learn...

 

what are you guys talking about....was talking about the seals on the valve cover itself....the four rings seals under the valve cover....

 

You took off the valve cover to change your plugs? Why? You just use an 8" extension with a speed wrench, or a torque wrench.

 

and how the hell did you cut yourself on a rubber gasket?