got my car done NEED HELP!
12-02-2006, 02:00 AM
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got my car done NEED HELP! Ok guys i got my new opti,plugs,wires,gaskets,themostate and i routed verything perfect but after my car has sat for 6 days it is hard to start i live in lincoln,ne it gets pretty cold at night but i am putting it in a storage garge on the 2nd of december and i thought maybe i get this little problem out of the way before i put my baby to sleep till april 1st which is when i get lt's and sfc's! 
12-02-2006, 02:04 AM
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it cranks 1-almost 3 times then is starts just fine i thouhgt myabe my battery does not have enough cold cranking power but i also have been using my steroe while i cleaned and waxed my car, so maybe the battery is just having a hard time starting b/c i have been cleaning it for a wk now so maybe it is too cold for the battery to charge up good b/c of me listing to musioc for 4 hrs at a time while in the garge! any info on the subject would help b/c i need to store here ASAP! thanks-devin!
12-02-2006, 04:50 PM
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A low or dead battery is easy to hear... I mean, does it sound like it's struggling to crank (very slow or nothing but clicking?) or is it just cranking away really good and not turning over? try jump starting it or buy a new battery just to check (take it back if no change obviously).
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is sounds like yea it is like surging but it is a new battery it is cold here in lincoln,ne so maybe it does not have enough cold cranking amps? in the summer of 06 it started very easy when i started it up every 1 week!
