Starting the car when hot, difficult
02-19-2008, 09:26 AM
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Starting the car when hot, difficult
Hey there folks. My GT is all stock unfortunately 
But my problem is that after driving the car for about 20 mins, the car is hard to start.
But after the car sits for 15 mins, the car starts up like a champ.
Could it be the alternator? My batter is fine.
Also my question is I was looking on the complete turbo kits on ebay,
with dual T4 turbos and intercoler setup. Its for less than 1000$
Is this somehow one of those things, you get what you pay for?
But my problem is that after driving the car for about 20 mins, the car is hard to start.
But after the car sits for 15 mins, the car starts up like a champ.
Could it be the alternator? My batter is fine.
Also my question is I was looking on the complete turbo kits on ebay,
with dual T4 turbos and intercoler setup. Its for less than 1000$
Is this somehow one of those things, you get what you pay for?
02-19-2008, 09:35 AM
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RE: Starting the car when hot, difficult
About the car starting, check your battery cables. My truck has the same problem and it's because my negative cable is corroded,I just haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.
02-19-2008, 09:46 AM
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RE: Starting the car when hot, difficult
ORIGINAL: 5.0Stang86
Also my question is I was looking on the complete turbo kits on ebay,
with dual T4 turbos and intercoler setup. Its for less than 1000$
Is this somehow one of those things, you get what you pay for?
Also my question is I was looking on the complete turbo kits on ebay,
with dual T4 turbos and intercoler setup. Its for less than 1000$
Is this somehow one of those things, you get what you pay for?
try searching on here a bit... I'm sure you will find your answer
02-19-2008, 09:51 AM
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RE: Starting the car when hot, difficult
you need to distinguish between the two is it: hard starting meaning cranks longer than normal before startingor is it:...hard starting because of insufficient cranking ability=slow cranking...the two are not the same and would lead you to troubleshoot a completely different system based on what you have...so define your symptom more[&:]
02-19-2008, 10:16 AM
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RE: Starting the car when hot, difficult
Thanks I forgot to mention I do have bad corrosion on the Pos batt cable. Cold starts up fine, or has sit, cranks fast.
if i turn it off after use, and immediately crank it, it cranks slow, till it either catches or never cranks up
if i turn it off after use, and immediately crank it, it cranks slow, till it either catches or never cranks up
02-19-2008, 10:29 AM
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RE: Starting the car when hot, difficult
CLEAN ALL CONNECTIONS and have battery tested = check all individual cells and make sure the specific gravity is at leat 1250 and above on all cells with little or no diff between cells if it's not a maintenence free battery.......after that if you got a prob the starter may have high resistance in the windings
02-19-2008, 11:34 AM
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RE: Starting the car when hot, difficult
ORIGINAL: 90_Mustang_GT
Hey man my car does the same thing. Battery and alt. check out fine, but ive got low cranking amps from my starter.
Hey man my car does the same thing. Battery and alt. check out fine, but ive got low cranking amps from my starter.
