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The last few morrings it has been at least 5 degrees and lower.When I go out to start my car it wont start. The starter turns over but my car wont fire. After I try about 5 or six times the battery dies and when i try to start the car, the starter makes a clicking sound. later on in the day when it warms up to around 15 degrees my car starts, but it idols rough then cuts off. When i restart it, it runs fine. My car is a 91 Chevy Caprice, and it is fuel injected. I took it to get the battery and altenator checked today and the guy said they where both fine. I put that Dry HEET stuff in my gas tank evreytime I fill up. I also noticed that my gas tank was under a half of tank. What is the source of the hard starting in the cold?
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The cold is the primary source of the problem. A cold battery just does not have the capacity to provide the amount of current, in Amps, to run the starter as it should. If there is any kind of computer control system in the car the low air temperature is probably out of it's range to properly start the engine. Here are a couple of tricks that will help you. First thing to do, carefully hang a 100 watt lamp in the engine area during the night. Place it so that it cannot melt any of the hoses under the hood. This will keep the engine warmer so that it should start better. Just remember to remove it before driving away. The other thing to do is to for a second or 2, turn on your headlights. This will cause the battery to heat up so that it can deliver it's rated current to the starter. The "clicking" noise you hear is because the battery has been drained to the point where it can not run the starter. This is normal, and the people you had check the battery and alternator were telling you the truth.problem with ford fiesta 1.6 16v 1998, wont start, battery ok, low spark on spark plug?
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Check your air and fuel filters, also, you may have some water in the fule lines, which is freezing when the temp drops low, try some gas line antifreeze. Personally, I would stop adding stuff to the tank next fill-up and see if anything changes.Also, check your spark plugs and see if they are dirty, check your wires and maybe have your injectors cleaned.
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I bet you will find it is the oil by the sounds of it...
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Very likely it is the battery, test the battery under load, and it will not pass most likly. when you test a battery by itself its only reading the voltage itself is producing, but when you add the starter into the equation, you're putting a lot more strain on the battery. It could be a charging system issue too. the alternator might not be completly recharging the battery, and the battery becomes weak. I would have it towed to a shop, if it does not run and have and AVR test preformed. If the battery is old the acid level ends up diluting itself and the batter becomes more wattery then when its new. if thats the case the battery may be freezing also causing a no start. there is voltage coming from the battery but not enough to handle the strain of the starter.1999 ford escort zx2 won't start?
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could be a couple of things 1 your autamatic choke is not working right or your mass air flow sensor is getting ready to take a crap.... if that isnt it your car is just a cold blooded ***** it dont like the cold ,,, get a deep cycle battery with a lot of cranking amps.. DAVEi own a repair shop,and part of the problem may have been condensation in the tank,may have made it freeze the gas line up on it,,id try keeping more gas if its going to be real cold,,and always add the dry gas,when its got more than a half of tank of gas or more in it,,other than that,,It may just be the cold weather,,some cars wont start good in cold weather,,but you might want to have the spark plugs checked in it,,this will affect the starting of it a whole lot,especially when its real cold out,,good luck,i hope this help,s.
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I'd start with ignition system and clean the engine grounds.
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Most problems I have seen in cold temperatures relate the following three items:
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3. Chemical reactions in cold batteries are slower so the battery produces fewer electrons - making it too weak for the starter motor.
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Also, quit adding heat to every fill up.
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it takes more to start a car in cold weather then it does in the warm weather.I love these answers, He said he uses Heet every time he fills up so that would eliminate the water in the fuel problems.
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Fuel filter would not be the problem, if that was it you would probably be able to idle pretty good but would fall on its face when you tried to drive.
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