When I start my car, and its completely cold, it runs really rough, and seems to idle very low , @500rpm for a few seconds. it sounds like as if it has a dead cylinder, or its not getting enough fuel. There is white/grey smoke that pours out of the exhaust at initial startup, but it goes away after a few seconds, and the car runs fine once it begins to warm up and go into closed loop. I can smell fuel sometimes, and i do have a noticeable exhaust leak.

The other day my car died on me while i was making a turn, going uphill. i started it back up and i had to give it gas just to keep it from dying on me. anyone having similar problems that can help me out? I did a search but i didnt come up with an answer and i really dont have time to look through everything, as i am at work right now.

 

Maybe the fuel filter is blocked and reducing the gasoline flow to the engine?

 

Nope, sounds to me like you have water leaking into the cylinders, or maybe just one. Either way i would do a compression/ leak down test and find out for sure. I am almost one hundred percent on this, just from what you have decribed.

Quincy

 

bad plugs and/or vacumm leak

 

the smoke from the initial start up should be the leaking valve seals. My 89 Cressida had that. And before i changed my headgasket it would have a few bad startups here and there.

 

could be your ignitor