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Location:
NSW
Registered:
October 2003
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My car is wacked
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Thu, 06 November 2003 12:00
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Was driving to get petrol today and the car started fine and drove to the petrol station fine, put fuel in it, went back out to start it and it kicked but just just died, after numerouse attempts the car wouldnt start so I pushed it to a park and left it there.
I came back about 4 times during the day to double check everything, make sure it wouldnt start and still got the same result. After deciding I would have to tow it home I got tow rope and headed back there at like 8pm, thought I would try kick it and it started, felt fine, drove fine and I was able to drive it around all night.
When trying to start at the petrol station it would kick, idle really low and conk out, when I was able to get the revs up they would drop as if the car was really cold and had no cold start. Also heard a couple of popping sounds, but have heard them before with no worries
Any suggestions 
Thanks
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: My car is wacked
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Thu, 06 November 2003 12:05
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Fuel or ignition, check everything  I'd check your fuel pumps and timing first and work back from there.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Thu, 06 November 2003 13:35
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check your alternator and battery + coil/ballast resistor these are all things that need to be working to start your car i found out the hardway:
came home went to move the car wouldnt start so i went and got a new battery started up sweet, next day driving to work car conks out towed it home got a new alternator but it in sweet week after that go to a mates cars driving sweet go to leave wouldnt start fkd ballast resistor got a coil as well just to make sure )dont worry i got a new starter motor before all of this) 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Thu, 06 November 2003 23:23
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make sure u didnt put diesel in it?
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Location:
NSW
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Fri, 07 November 2003 01:13
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The car started fine, just wouldnt go fine until I left it there all day and came back later that night to tow it home, then it started fine and went fine. weird
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Fri, 07 November 2003 15:41
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hey man, I had a similar problem with mine. was it cold? ie: could it be the choke is stuffed? Also I'd be cheking the points and ignition setup, could be really dirty. hope this helps. oh and I'm guessing this is why u needed sean moloney's ph number.
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Location:
NSW, East Coast
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Fri, 07 November 2003 23:09
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Is this the first time its happened.
There wasnt any water/moisture in the fuel line was there.
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Location:
NSW
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Sat, 08 November 2003 13:24
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| T APLUS 22 wrote on Sat, 08 November 2003 02:41 |
hey man, I had a similar problem with mine. was it cold? ie: could it be the choke is stuffed? Also I'd be cheking the points and ignition setup, could be really dirty. hope this helps. oh and I'm guessing this is why u needed sean moloney's ph number.
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It fuel injected so there is no choke, and no it wasnt cold and I had just driven it to the petrol station anyways, yea need sean's no. to put some new distributor leads. Thanks anyway
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Location:
NSW
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: My car is wacked
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Sat, 08 November 2003 13:26
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| FKN16V wrote on Sat, 08 November 2003 10:09 |
Is this the first time its happened.
There wasnt any water/moisture in the fuel line was there.
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Yep first time it has happened, how do I check if there is moisture in the fuel line.
My theory is perhaps because it needs new distibutor leads maybe it wasnt sparking properly and flooding the engine, but I still dont get why it started up later on in the day.
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