Sick 90 90Q

[SuffolkD at aol.com]

College huh?
Have junior pull the battery and keep it indoors overnight.  Then every 
college town has an auto parts store.
Find one to trickle charge the battery $5 for the day (get up and be there 
when they open)
Get the thing back to the dorm and hold it there untill you start to tinker 
with it.
ALSO have Jr (while at the auto store) get some gas line antifreeze and put 
two bottles in.
SHAKE the car back and forth to circulate gas around in the tank to mix in 
the antifreeze.
Buy some ether too. Starting fluid.  and put that into the air intake/ air 
filter inlet (easiest)/ boot after the fuel distributor (most effective) when you
try and first start it.
THEN start your diagnostics

'At Auto parts:
Get battery charged
By either and 2 gas line antifreeze bottles.

Get everything in your favor FIRST then try to tinker with it.
Pull battery warm it up then charge, keep it warm.
While doing that gas line antifreeze SHAKE the car
then ether (starting fluid) to start it on first attempt

HTH - SCott by BOSTON



Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:29:14 -0500

> From: "Lino M. Valadas" <l.valadas at rogers.com>
> Gentlemen,
> My son's 1990 90q will not start and as a result he's stranded up in North
> Bay Ontario at College.  I'm in Toronto, but this Friday will drive up (450
> Km) to see what I can do to revive it. (I must be nuts it's -20 C up there)
> The battery is dead now.  He's had several attempts at starting it with
> boosts from friends and CAA to no avail.  The fuel pump buzzes, so I assume
> fuel is not an issue.  It appears that sometimes the engine almost catches
> but never starts.  The car has a history of being very hard to start when
> hot.
> Any tips on where to look first, would be greatly appreciated.  Even though
> I'm a 10v kind a guy,  I'm not familiar with the 90 90q.
> Thanks
>