5KCSQ dies & wont restart for a few minutes

Huw Powell human747 at attbi.com
Tue Jul 16 02:04:27 EDT 2002


> The car starts a little hard in the morning, but always starts with a
> little extra gas.  ...  Once the car is warm, it'll idle OK if you don't let the
> RPM's drop on their own.  You can slowly bring the car down to idle
> and it will idle fine...albeit a little rough.

> Anyone know what this is?  Could it be caused by a bad plug wire?
> I've got at least one plug wire that is suspect.

sounds like you need to start with standard tune up items.

Is it a bad plug wire or not?  If it is, replace it before trying to
"diagnose."

How old are your plugs? cap/rotor?  air filter?  fuel filter?  etc.

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Huw Powell

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