Car dies in 40 degrees

dpo345 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2004, 01:34 AM

Hi,
Sorry I have been posting so frequently, however my car seems to be dying on me, and I don't know what to do.
For the past two weeks I have driven around town in about 40 degree weather, a little chilly but that's it (no rain or snow.) After I park the car after driving it around, and in about 1 hour later I go and start the car up. The car starts and then dies. The oil psi gauge goes up, and then goes down to zero and the car dies. It takes only 3-5 seconds to kill. So I rev the engine and try to keep it reving while I put it into first gear and drive away. I thought at first that there was not enough oil, but now know that it is not the case. The car acts fine during the day, it's only at night.
Any thoughts?

Farace · #2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2004, 06:49 AM

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Originally posted by dpo345
The car acts fine during the day, it's only at night.

Hit an Apex · #3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2004, 07:53 AM

we had a similiar problem with the GTV6. Would start fine, then drive it somewhere. Turn it off (temp. warm). Come back out to start it, it would fire, and shut itself off. Fire and shut itself off. etc.. We'd have to wait a long time before it would start again. Check the Plenum to make sure it is tightly one and also check all your hoses. We figured the problem to be an air leak

dpo345 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2004, 10:50 AM

All check to make sure the hoses are all tightly secured, it has just been happening the past two weeks, but never before.
Thanks again. I will write again if it looks like everything is normal, and can't figure it out.

**Sniady** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-17-2004, 08:03 PM

hmmm... i'm not familar with milanos, but i'll tell you what I know about the late 80's bmw's. (manufactures in those years use similar injection systems)

They have a thermo switch/sensor. It's next to the thermostat. It read's temp readings, and if it's below a certain degree's, it a activates a cold start injector. Which creates a richer mixture for those cold start ups.

If it has those, then you need to check voltage going to the thermo switch/sensor. If you have voltage, pull out the cold start injector and crank over the engine and check if its sparying fuel. If not, then you would need a new cold start.

Hope this helps.