I tried to start up my car this morning but it started to go crazy on me. I start the car and it would start but after about 5 seconds the car would die. I tried a couple more times but it did the same. I don't know what's wrong. Please give me suggestions, doesn't matter how small of an suggestion it is, please anything would help. thanks

wahid m.

We have to find out what's causing the problem so here's a few questions for you.

While it was runing for 5 seconds did you hear any weird noises or was the engine runing nice and round?

Did you try giving it a little gas to keep it alive? Do you have enough gas in your tank? Try disconnecting the MAF plug and see if it still dies. There's a million more things your could do but for now try those and see.

Water in gas maybe.
Canadian Tire sells something you can throw in the tank to take care of that.

Maby it was just plain cold...
I started my mother's tercel today.. it was not nice..
It was so frozen.. that when i take it out of gear it was still somehow engaged and wanted to start movning.. upon releasing the clutch... very weird.. but it was very cold in the morrning.... and overnight..

Same here, my mother had problems starting her Mercury Sable, which really isnt anything special to start and should give trouble. I had to crank that thing multiple times to get it going, and even when it did, it stumbed and sounded weird for the first few seconds/minutes.

Just normal effects on weather, i`m sure people will be popping up now with multiple problems now that the weather came in.

Dan : There is enough gas in the tank, I did give it gas to try to keep RPM's up but as soon as I let go the car's idle drops and dies out. I didn't unplug the MAF plug b/c no time, the car died too fast. I didn't hear any weird noise when the car started up however when I was starting the car I heard a weird noise. I can't describe what that sound was.

Rob : How can water get in the system...?

Rest : I hope you guys are right about the weather being the problem.

Please more suggestions!

my car did that when te caps on the ecu started to leak

always a good idea to check them

I'm putting my money on the cold temps, make sure that you have enough gas in this weahter, it makes a huge difference. Check for too thick of an oil too. 5W30 in the winter is the way to go.

Check your battery too. I know it cranks, but it may not be putting out enough juice to keep her lit.

i think that it may be the oil too b/c i checked the oil and it was thick. i'll try to start it today and see what happens.

I haven't plugged my car in yet.I do use amsoil 10/30 synth.It still flows nice even down to like -40,Regular dino oil turns to thick soup.
Also make sure your battery is a1 and it don't hurt to plug the car in.Not sure if these newer fuel injection cars need any gasline antifreeze.

Also important to start it likely would be good plugs.

And if it still don't want to stay running then maybe things like idle speed,that pesky isc thing or maybe the fast idle controller.

Mine used to do the extreme fluctation swing thing but cleaned it with mccc and it idles good now.