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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:02 AM
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Unhappy Major Headache help needed

Ive bought a 2nd gen about 2weeks ago knoin it needed few things to be done to it ie: new clutch, siezed headlights, runnin rich, now the thing that baffels me is that the car drives but when it has bin runnin for ten minutes then turned off it will not retstart for ages ie: start it up at 9am drive it for 10minutes den turn it off now it wont start till at least 6pm it jus keeps tryin to start but wont can anybody help me or gimme any sugestions? Thankyou
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by carljones
Ive bought a 2nd gen about 2weeks ago knoin it needed few things to be done to it ie:
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new clutch,
If you don't have the tools or the resources to do it at home, I'd highly recommend taking it to a shop that can do it for you.

siezed headlights,
Headlight motor is dead - replace it.

runnin rich,
LOTS of things can cause this.
How do you know it's running rich?
Cause the exhaust stinks? These cars are notorious for smelly exhausts.
Cause you're not getting good gas mileage? There's a bunch things that you can do - O2 sensor, spark plugs, spark plugs wires - basically a tune up.

now the thing that baffels me is that the car drives but when it has bin runnin for ten minutes then turned off it will not retstart for ages ie: start it up at 9am drive it for 10minutes den turn it off now it wont start till at least 6pm it jus keeps tryin to start but wont can anybody help me or gimme any sugestions?
Start by going throught ALL the info in the "FAQ for FC" stickie.
This is the infamous flooding problem.
If you do a search on "flooding", all sorts of stuff will pop up.
This should also be in the stickie.

Ask less questions...
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Use the search...


-Ted
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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Welcome to the forum.
Ted's right about the FAQ stuff at the top - start there.

I have a mirror of the on-line manuals at the link in my sig below.
Download & print what you need.
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