Been searching through a lot of the hard starts when cold threads. Lots of good information. I commend this forum for ease of finding stuff. I haven't delved too much into it, but here are my symptoms:
Hard start when cold, sometimes when warm.
A few times the car won't stay idling past ~5minutes... just dies, followed by hard start afterward.
When I do get it to start I almost have to prime the engine (think like carbureted engine). I press the gas down to half throttle then it turns over.
Occasionally when shifting into 2nd gear the car dies. If I pop the clutch it starts back up and goes. The RPMs do not drop immediately.
Shifting through gears and RPM increases my check engine light comes on for roughly 5 seconds then goes away.
The only items I've investigated are the ICV; it's clean and seems to operate normally, replaced the fuel filter, and checked power to the fuel pump. All ok.
Any ideas on what could be causing these items or if they are at all linked? Next steps I'm thinking are relays, right?
Thanks,
Hard start when cold, sometimes when warm.
A few times the car won't stay idling past ~5minutes... just dies, followed by hard start afterward.
When I do get it to start I almost have to prime the engine (think like carbureted engine). I press the gas down to half throttle then it turns over.
Occasionally when shifting into 2nd gear the car dies. If I pop the clutch it starts back up and goes. The RPMs do not drop immediately.
Shifting through gears and RPM increases my check engine light comes on for roughly 5 seconds then goes away.
The only items I've investigated are the ICV; it's clean and seems to operate normally, replaced the fuel filter, and checked power to the fuel pump. All ok.
Any ideas on what could be causing these items or if they are at all linked? Next steps I'm thinking are relays, right?
Thanks,
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