help -problems starting
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help -problems starting
Hi all,
the engine light has come on in mine, and now occasionally the thing cranks over forever before it eventually starts.
i read in the book that if the engine light is on it is a problem with the emmisions system?
anyone know what could be wrong?
cheers.
the engine light has come on in mine, and now occasionally the thing cranks over forever before it eventually starts.
i read in the book that if the engine light is on it is a problem with the emmisions system?
anyone know what could be wrong?
cheers.
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its a stock 05, no onstar im afraid, i'm in australia. i the light could be on from low oil so i tchanged it and reset the oil life gauge but that didnt fix it.
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otherwise the car runs fine, absolutley no problems, im not even sure though if the hard starting ( cranking over 6 seconds without starting ) and the engine light are related or not.
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Brett,
Is this still the original battery? It may simply be time to replace it. How many miles on the car. How often do you drive it and for how long. Has the battery ever gone dead?
Is this still the original battery? It may simply be time to replace it. How many miles on the car. How often do you drive it and for how long. Has the battery ever gone dead?
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do you know if the engine light being constantly on could have any relevance?
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oh and it gets driven about once a week. both problems started about a month ago for no apparent reason. the car was converted to right hand drive about 6 months ago after i owned it in CA for about a year and has been faultless until these two problems.
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yep original battery, it has been flat before when it sat for a couple of weeks not used, however its fully charged now and the starter motor cranks over really quickly. the car has 15,000 miles. i'm pretty sure the battery is ok.
do you know if the engine light being constantly on could have any relevance?
do you know if the engine light being constantly on could have any relevance?
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thanks mate,
the local dealer here wont scan it because they are afraid to hook it up to their machine, we have a similar car here that uses the C6 engine ( HSV GTS ) but as its a corvette they are worried the computer may de a little different and it could screw up.
Ill have a dig around for an air leak...
the local dealer here wont scan it because they are afraid to hook it up to their machine, we have a similar car here that uses the C6 engine ( HSV GTS ) but as its a corvette they are worried the computer may de a little different and it could screw up.
Ill have a dig around for an air leak...
