HELP!!!! Is my car on its last leg?
10-12-2009, 06:28 PM
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HELP!!!! Is my car on its last leg? So my car is in storage for quite awhile during the winter, and one daty i went in to start it nd let it run up to operating temp. and when i got back in it to rev it up a bit i notices it was idling low and funny (not lopey) nd my oil pressure was way low like 20 lbs lower than normal at an idle. When i reved it the pressure came up like normal but it still came back down too low nd still idled funny. and to top it all off when i reved it my odometer started racing and read greek(like there were no numbers just strange dashes nd lines). Any ideas on wht my issue is? 
10-13-2009, 09:53 AM
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Well when i went to start it the battery was DEAD so i trickle charged it for about 4 hours than came back to it and started it and it ran just fine till i reved it than it started idling bad after i reved it.
10-13-2009, 10:13 AM
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You probably have a junk battery, or a poor ground. Sounds directly related to the charging system.
They will act all sorts of crazy if they dont get correct voltage signals.
They will act all sorts of crazy if they dont get correct voltage signals.
10-13-2009, 10:50 AM
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my car did all kinds of FUNK when my battery died in the car after about 8 months of sitting...i finally got the thing to run good after a new battery...but I never had low idle and low oil p. but the hud was acting all kinds of funky .. good luck!
10-13-2009, 12:08 PM
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And that battery is not even a year old!! not saying that it was a quality battery but.... it still should last longer than a year you'd think
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ok new issue! i started it again and it fired right up slow crank but it started. and i noticed a tick under the hood and the exhaust was making an odd popping noise. I turned the lights off and sure enough there was an arc in the top end towards the back, passenger side. I'm thinking plug/wire/coil. is there anyway to test which one is bad? and is this problem related to my poor idle and low oil pressure? Help!!!!
10-13-2009, 09:11 PM
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My car did something very similar once and has never done it since it idled at like 400 rpm and had no power, also it turned off my check engine light. it only did it once but i believe its due to a low battery or a bad ground because every once in a while my radio clicks off and loses power
10-14-2009, 08:53 PM
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well it looked to me like it was arcing from the plug wire to the block. im thinkin bad connection at the plug might be a seprate issue but maybe you guys have had a experince that a new battery fixed that kind of arcing.
