Car stalling/bogging on "cold" starts
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i get the same thing!! and im 100% sure its the primary oxygen sensor. i have a CEL for the first o2 sensor and its because of that. ive bought a used one and see how that goes. it was a pain to start the car for 15 min this morning
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Originally Posted by rynoS2k,Sep 24 2009, 07:42 AM
Hi all,
For the last week or so, when I go to start the car first thing in the morning or when I get ready to head home from work (both cases when the car has been sitting all day or over night) it seems to start OK for a few seconds and thens bogs/hesitates/stalls right to the edge of feeling like it is about to die. Car shudders and struggles for a few seconds, and then the rpms come back up and it is OK. If I shut off the car and start again, I cannot duplicate this.
If I watch the rpms, it looks like 2-2.5k on first start for a couple seconds, and then drops to maybe 500 for a few seconds while struggling and then back up.
Any thoughts? I did put in a new battery a month ago maybe, but it was a couple weeks before this started happening.
Oh, live in Austin, TX area so cold is relative. With our cold front it was ~62 or so this morning... when this first happened I think it was low 90s or so.
Thanks,
- Ryan
For the last week or so, when I go to start the car first thing in the morning or when I get ready to head home from work (both cases when the car has been sitting all day or over night) it seems to start OK for a few seconds and thens bogs/hesitates/stalls right to the edge of feeling like it is about to die. Car shudders and struggles for a few seconds, and then the rpms come back up and it is OK. If I shut off the car and start again, I cannot duplicate this.
If I watch the rpms, it looks like 2-2.5k on first start for a couple seconds, and then drops to maybe 500 for a few seconds while struggling and then back up.
Any thoughts? I did put in a new battery a month ago maybe, but it was a couple weeks before this started happening.
Oh, live in Austin, TX area so cold is relative. With our cold front it was ~62 or so this morning... when this first happened I think it was low 90s or so.
Thanks,
- Ryan
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How's the weather? When it starts to get cool in the fall, the ECU takes some time to adjust, and many owners get similar behavior but it corrects itself soon enough. How long has this been going on?
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wow i have same exact problem with ma ride 
if car sits for long time it does this.. and specially when in the morning, when car was sitting over night..
it feels like miss fire but when i give lil gas, it comes back to normal and drives fine afterward.. odd..
i didn't even think about the cat but now that i saw this post, i'll go check the cat..
i guess it would be good reason to get me an HFC~~
if car sits for long time it does this.. and specially when in the morning, when car was sitting over night..
it feels like miss fire but when i give lil gas, it comes back to normal and drives fine afterward.. odd..
i didn't even think about the cat but now that i saw this post, i'll go check the cat..
i guess it would be good reason to get me an HFC~~
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Oct 5 2009, 07:31 AM
How's the weather? When it starts to get cool in the fall, the ECU takes some time to adjust, and many owners get similar behavior but it corrects itself soon enough. How long has this been going on?
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Originally Posted by mister_two,Oct 5 2009, 06:45 AM
Zkilla55, did the new cat and the O2 sensor fixed your bogging/hesitation problem? I don't have these symptoms but I am curious with the outcome.
I've noticed my car is a bit louder and seems more powerful after the fix. So far I haven't bogged yet, but it wasn't a regular problem before....it only happened once in a while. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.