my husband has had intermittent difficulty starting his car since this summer. It started when car was hard to start in cool damp weather. He put fuel injector additive into the tank and it would start. Right after it did start there would be one or two "pops"/backfire. Once it got going it seems to run fine. He then put 91 grade fuel in with each change and did not have the problem.
We live in dry climate, mountains of Colorado. It ran fine this fall. Now this winter when it has gotten cold and snowed, it will not start. We put in a fuel additive again, and it did start, but not until it was warmer and dryer.
There has been a very subtle exhaust or burnt oil smell in the car for a year and a half. My husband could not smell it, so it was not addressed. Do not know if this is related.
When it was run through the automatic computer diagnostic system at a small mechanic shop this summer, it showed "no problem".
We live in dry climate, mountains of Colorado. It ran fine this fall. Now this winter when it has gotten cold and snowed, it will not start. We put in a fuel additive again, and it did start, but not until it was warmer and dryer.
There has been a very subtle exhaust or burnt oil smell in the car for a year and a half. My husband could not smell it, so it was not addressed. Do not know if this is related.
When it was run through the automatic computer diagnostic system at a small mechanic shop this summer, it showed "no problem".
Dec 30, 2007 at 12:31 PM
