mourad

Used to take me 1-3 turns depending on how cold the engine was. As of 2-3 weeks ago, it takes 5-6. Should I be bringing lunch from home to save money in anticipation of a catastrophe?

Probably a stupid question/problem but I thought I'd ask.

bbarbulo

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mine used to fire as soon as the engine turned.... now it takes 2-3 seconds sometimes. doesn't matter, the car is getting parked anyways for the winter, so I'll worry about it come spring. It obviously needs something.

mourad

So what do you drive for spring? And how do you park it for so long? do you do the suspended-on-brick thing? unhook battery?

bbarbulo

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I follow the manual's instructions on parking the car for so long... the owner's manual covers that.

I drove an SL2 last winter, I may drive an SW2 this winter... or something else I may "pick up" .

mourad

good for you bro

cibs

damn bruno, you have so many cars!!!

bbarbulo

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not anymore, the SL2 is sold... so now I have Civic, SW2, Samurai... and may soon have this Chevy pick-up It sucks having all this crap though... they all need constant maintenance, there is always something to do. Some days I just wish I could sit there and not do anything...

shlammed

mine starts right away

EKdude

How is your battery?

you might wanna take a look into changing it and/or alternator..

mourad

hmm, I think my battery is okay, starter too... then again, batteries die without a warning. I just got a new one 2 years ago.
I'm thinking maybe timing issue, but it's not consistently bad, it's okay a lot of the time.
I guess I got spoiled seeing how it always started instantly and now it takes a couple of seconds longer occasionaly...
I have no clue how to test the alternator aside from using a multi-meter to monitor the battery.

EKdude

well have you ever changed your alternator?
if not, it's about time... seeing that your a 93'

punkindrublic

unless my tank is low it fires right away... so one crank...

if the tank is low it takes two or three to get some fuel in the lines

imported_BoOsTd

mourad

Ah HA! Bingo.

It's a fuel level thing. When my tank is less than 1/4 full, it takes longer than when it's full. I just assumed the fuel line is always pressurized rather than relying on gravity so it wouldn't matter how much gas there is. I guess I was wrong.

Alternators need to be changed? I thought that's just a small generator, there's no consumable parts in it, is there? just a magnet and some coils?