ChronoJ1

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Whenever in the morning or afternoon (not even cold, 80 degrees), when I crank a cold start, the engine sounds like its choking. I have to turn the key 2-3 times to get it started, and when it does start, the cylinders fires one bye one. So it start out at 100 rpm then takes a second to go up to 1100 rpm. What could this mean?

BLK13X

Sounds like a dead...
* Starter motor
* Alternator
* Battery

to me... I remember my old Soarer TT would have a hard time trying to start (it was in spring weather) and the revs would slowly rise from 400RPM to 700RPM on idle because of a deep fried battery.

ChronoJ1

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Battery! Very probable. (alternator repalced 5k ago) I noticed my clock was reset as well. That means the battery was completely dead at one time. I wonder how the engine fired up though.

Thanks.

BLK13X

No probs, hopefully it is the battery, as then it's not too expensive to fix/replace.

When my battery was on it's last legs, every time I'd go to start the car, instead of getting a healthy sounding starter motor (ie. the starter motor doesn't seem to be labouring to badly) it sounded like the starter motor was having a real hard time trying to start it (as in the starter motor sounded like it was going to give up).

I can't remember if my clock ever reset itself but the way you describe the car slowly rising the revs at idle is kinda similar.


Good luck!


Jose

aswang

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how's the humidity like over in Michigan? When you check your battery, check to see if any corrosion has occured due to any acid. I just had to replace my terminals and when ahead and put a new battery on my ES300 not to long ago.

ChronoJ1

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I just installed a optima red top.
What a difference.
1. When I start the car, the engine turns at least 20 times faster than it used to.
2. Idles and accelerates so much smoother.
3. I don't get the whole dash blinking when the turn signal is on.
4. Less noise from speakers at high volume.

Thanks everyone.

BLK13X

Good stuff Where's my cookie