So our old car that’s used by the high schoolers started up OK this morning, but

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Nov 13, 2018
6:03:25am

BigD Coug All-American

So our old car that’s used by the high schoolers started up OK this morning, but

died as soon as it was shifted into gear. It was also near/below freezing for the first time. Any ideas?

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So our old car that’s used by the high schoolers started up OK this morning, but

BigD Coug

11/13/18 6:03am

I've seen that happen once. The guy fixed it by slamming his head on the

WDaddy

11/13/18 6:20am

Most likely the RPMs were too low (lots of reasons for this in the cold on an old car) and when your kid

Bert609

11/13/18 6:27am

My first thought was bad idle air control valve. What kind of car is it and how

Dread Pirate Westley

11/13/18 7:08am

Yup. Or even the intake temp sensor (both should be fairly cheap). With cold, dense air, if the IAT was reading

Bert609

11/13/18 7:13am

1998 infiniti QX4

BigD Coug

11/13/18 7:36am

One simple thing to check would be the air filter. After that, I'd go after the

Dread Pirate Westley

11/13/18 8:37am

Could be as simple as an old, weak battery

Richbyu

11/13/18 7:53am

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