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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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ok so i finally got my plate and insurance and the car wouldnt start i fiqured cuase when i was doing stuff to it at night i would just have turn the key to listen to the radio while doing it and never fully started it so the battery was dead annd so i hooked it up to my ram with jumper cables and let it charge and it turned over after a little hessitation and so i took the cables off and it idled fine and then stalled and i repeated that like 5 times and it kept stalling so idk if its just that it hasnt been run in like 3 months and its bad gas or what but i put new gas in there and im hoping if it is bad gas it will just burn out, o also when its idling if i go to push the accelerator at all it stalls

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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:02 AM
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make sure all the spark plugs are good. is there a CEL light?
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:04 AM
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i changed the spark plugs and put a new alternator in right before it was last driven and theres no CEL light
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:13 AM
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look for cracks in the glass insulator of the plug. maybe you have a dead cylinder.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:16 AM
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would a cylinder just die if it worked fine up until i put it in the garage and didnt try and start it until today?
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:19 AM
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naaa but sometimes shut happens for no reason. better to cover all the bases
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:25 AM
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yeah good point, you think thers a chance it could just be the gas? thats what this one kid said but then i was like i put more new gas in the tank than there was the old stuff so i assumed it would mix and have fixed itself out
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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no ive had cars sit that long and they haven't had any problems, inclulding my neon.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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damn, i was hoping it would be an easy thing, well my friend who gos to an automotive school is comming home tomorrow to look at it, ill have him check everything you said hopefully get it fiqured out thanks for the help
 
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:37 AM
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check the cheaper parts first
 
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