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#3228 of 4944 95 corolla engine hard to start when hot also water coming from exhaust by toyota95coroll Feb 26, 2007 (2:26 pm)
First off thanks for making this great site where people can share problems regarding their vehicles..anyways the main problem wich i cant fix is with my engine..First off at cold starts sometimes it starts good sometimes not, at most of the times it smells like gas from the engine, does not leak any gas, it just sometimes floods with it.., and when it does start you step on the gas and the engine stumbles and sometimes dies, as long as it is cold it will start when it is getting a little hot, you turn it off and the engine will not start unless you crank the motor allot, sometimes taking about 30 minutes..another thing is the exhaust manifold is broken, i tried repairing that by welding it but no luck, it broke again so will have to get a new one, anyways the other thing is it throws some water from the manifold i was guessing it was because of the broken manifold..im trying to see if it could be the head gasket that the problem..anyone with good tips will be very much appreciated.. Replies to this message: user777 (Feb 27, 2007 9:23 am) toyota95coroll (Feb 28, 2007 8:49 am) qbrozen (Feb 27, 2007 10:22 am) user777 (Feb 28, 2007 9:25 am)
#3229 of 4944 Re: 95 corolla engine hard to start when hot also water coming from exhaust [toyota95coroll] by user777 Feb 27, 2007 (9:23 am)
Replying to: toyota95coroll (Feb 26, 2007 2:26 pm) if you have a hole in your exh manifold, starting the car may be made more problematic, i'm not sure. but water from the exhuast is probably a natural consequence or byproduct of combustion. i think you may be flooding your engine. why not try giving the vehicle a few secs to establish pressure at the fuel rail via the pump, before turning key all the way to start. avoid pressing on the accelerator. other things: maybe really fouled plugs. possibly excessively clogged engine air filter (cheap to replace). i'd also run a can of Fuel Injector cleaner through when I filled up (you pour it into an empty tank). maybe someone else can help with other suggestions. Replies to this message: toyota95coroll (Feb 28, 2007 8:49 am)
#3230 of 4944 Re: 95 corolla engine hard to start when hot also water coming from exhaust [toyota95coroll] by qbrozen Feb 27, 2007 (10:22 am)
Replying to: toyota95coroll (Feb 26, 2007 2:26 pm) well, this is a guess here since I'm not familiar with a '95 corolla but .... if there is an O2 sensor on the manifold, your car is not getting a proper signal from it since the manifold is broken. This is causing the computer to overcompensate and dump more fuel in than necessary. Replies to this message: user777 (Feb 28, 2007 9:25 am)
#3231 of 4944 Re: 95 corolla engine hard to start when hot also water coming from exhaust [user777] by toyota95coroll Feb 28, 2007 (8:49 am)
Replying to: user777 (Feb 27, 2007 9:23 am) Thats a pretty good tip..there..Maybe that is whats happening,I will get the new manifold today or if i can get it faster ill just go to the wrecker..one thing i did notice was when i tried to weld that manifold it started up fine but then as it got hotter it stopped responding..another thing is that i dont step on the gas, i first off try to start it with little cranks and it looks like it does want to start and as i gradually increase the amount of crank time it tends to want to start only when i let the ignition go, and also i took off the filter replaced it and i noticed white smoke came out of the throttle body.
#3232 of 4944 Re: 95 corolla engine hard to start when hot also water coming from exhaust [qbrozen] by user777 Feb 28, 2007 (9:25 am)
Replying to: qbrozen (Feb 27, 2007 10:22 am) yeah, i'm not so sure the 02 and emissions controls is in closed loop mode when first starting, but, perhaps with a cracked manifold, the back-pressure on the engine is grossly off.
#3233 of 4944 Re: Pontiac Aztek - Can't remove ignition key [ray80] by swissdude Mar 01, 2007 (12:24 pm)
Replying to: ray80 (Feb 20, 2007 6:37 am) It turned out the ignition lock had a mechanical problem. I had it replaced - things are working again. Thanks for all contributions here.
#3234 of 4944 whistle noise by jhapino Mar 03, 2007 (2:15 pm)
2002 forester: There is a high pitched whistling noise comming from someplace around the radiator what the car is off, if I un hook the battery is stops and hooking it back up starts is again, I can't seem to pinpoint where it is coming from because it is such a shrill high pitched noise it echoes around a lot. any ideas?
#3235 of 4944 Question on Rear End Fluid...Jeep by skates89 Mar 04, 2007 (11:07 am)
Hi everyone I have a question in regard to changing my fluid. I changed the fluid in the rear end of my 1997 jeep yesterday. It was a windy day and I noticed that a few particles of road sand may have splashed up into my differential while I had the case open. I did not see very much if any and I did wipe it clean but Im sure there is some microscopic sand particles in there. My question is..Do I have anything to worry about.? Should I change the fluid again? Or does my logic which believes that if there was any very fine sand pebbles in there it will all get crunched up over time serve me right. Or could even he smallest dust particles ultimately cause any damage? The fluid change with lucas rear differential fluid really did quite the rear down. I had not changed it in 120k and it does sound great. Any help with this question will be greatly appreciated Mike
#3236 of 4944 oil leaking into coolant by maxx4me Mar 04, 2007 (12:34 pm)
My 2003 Pontiac Vibe has been losing around 2 quarts in between 6,000 mile oil changes. I took out a sample of the coolant and it looks like mulch in the coolant. What has happened to allow the mixing of the two, and what kind of damage has been done to the engine? I have no external leaks, and I have not detected any coolant on the dipstick; only brown gunk (oil I presume) in the radiator. Replies to this message: kiawah (Mar 04, 2007 12:40 pm) imidazol97 (Mar 04, 2007 12:58 pm) Mr_Shiftright (Mar 04, 2007 1:03 pm) imidazol97 (Mar 04, 2007 1:07 pm) and 6 more... imidazol97 (Mar 06, 2007 4:19 pm) maxx4me (Mar 07, 2007 1:22 am)
#3237 of 4944 Re: oil leaking into coolant [maxx4me] by kiawah Mar 04, 2007 (12:40 pm)
Replying to: maxx4me (Mar 04, 2007 12:34 pm) Get it to the dealer quick...not a good mixture.