The troubleshooting game.

[AutobahnSHO]

Okay, try this:

Starter button:
One prod and the engine kicks and then dies.? The engine then starts on the second prod.? Was the button just not pressed hard enough, or is there a problem with the starter button?

IS the button supposed to be held?
If so then just hold it longer next time.   

If not, then there could be any combination of loose wiring to the computer, starter, etc...
Sensors could be bad, etc...

[Raza]

IS the button supposed to be held?
If so then just hold it longer next time.   

If not, then there could be any combination of loose wiring to the computer, starter, etc...
Sensors could be bad, etc...

I don't know.  Not my car!

[S204STi]

There's this handy little tome in your friend's glovebox called a, "Owner's Manual."

I don't figure most people have heard of this mysterious book, but if you can locate it is filled with everything you will every have to know about the proper operation of a vehicle's many systems.

[Raza]

There's this handy little tome in your friend's glovebox called a, "Owner's Manual."

I don't figure most people have heard of this mysterious book, but if you can locate it is filled with everything you will every have to know about the proper operation of a vehicle's many systems.

Not my friend's car either.  I was just parked next to it one night and I heard it.

[S204STi]

Not my friend's car either.? I was just parked next to it one night and I heard it.

Well what the hell...


nevermind.

[AutobahnSHO]

Not my friend's car either.? I was just parked next to it one night and I heard it.

LOL

So let's troubleshoot the older car that went driving past me sounding all funky.  I think it was a Pontiac.  Didn't sound right.

Any ideas??

                         

[S204STi]

LOL

So let's troubleshoot the older car that went driving past me sounding all funky.? I think it was a Pontiac.? Didn't sound right.

Any ideas??

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Yeah, it's a Pontiac.  They're all complete rubbish.  (GTO excepted).

[AutobahnSHO]

Yeah, it's a Pontiac.? They're all complete rubbish.? (GTO excepted).

I would have argued with you because my in-laws had a (early 90s/ late 80s?) Grand Am they drove past 300k miles without a single breakdown. (Well, actually my wife fried the computer because she fell asleep as a passnger with her foot on the cigarette lighter and it shorted. but that was the ONLY time it had anything other than routine maintenance.)

BUT
Their Asstek has had problems since they bought it, and the Grand Am they bought a few years ago has also had issues on a regular basis.. .

[southdiver1]

I would have argued with you because my in-laws had a (early 90s/ late 80s?) Grand Am they drove past 300k miles without a single breakdown. (Well, actually my wife fried the computer because she fell asleep as a passnger with her foot on the cigarette lighter and it shorted. but that was the ONLY time it had anything other than routine maintenance.)

BUT
Their Asstek has had problems since they bought it, and the Grand Am they bought a few years ago has also had issues on a regular basis.. .

You just HAD to go there with the Aztek.....

[heelntoe]

LOL

So let's troubleshoot the older car that went driving past me sounding all funky.  I think it was a Pontiac.  Didn't sound right.

Any ideas??

                         

timing?

[Raza]

LOL

So let's troubleshoot the older car that went driving past me sounding all funky.  I think it was a Pontiac.  Didn't sound right.

Any ideas??

                         

Hey man, there are no issues with my cars right now, and I felt left out.

[AutobahnSHO]

Hey man, there are no issues with my cars right now, and I felt left out.

LOL

No "pinch-hitting".   

[AutobahnSHO]

You just HAD to go there with the Aztek.....

it's ugly but it honestly has the biggest trunk I've ever seen.  I told them to get the tent just so they could actually call it "worth" the ugliness. 

Although they haven't got stuck in deep snow or water since they bought it.  (They're in NH and had to evacuate in the fall because of flooding.)

[S204STi]

Alright, I'm going to resurrect this thread with one I had today...kinda fun to figure out.

Vehicle is a 2007 Pontiac G5, 2.2L Ecotec.  Vehicle is running rough with a flashing MIL.  After removing spark plugs and cranking during diag found a small geyser of fuel shooting from the number 3 spark plug bore.

What is wrong with it?

[heelntoe]

blocked injector?

[Rupert]

Gnomes.