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[Cory Wolfe]

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[Nick]

Idle at 1000 rpms?

Oh, and no, a new battery will not help your misfire issue.

Edited May 3, 2009 by Nick

[Cory Wolfe]

Idle at 1000 rpms?

Oh, and no, a new battery will not help your misfire issue.

All cold engines idle higher than ones at operating temperature.

It's decidedly far-fetched, yes. I'm willing to try whatever theories are introduced to me if they don't require any investment. I just wanted to get it started up and show that it does, indeed, still run.

On a semi-related note, the Cutlass is finally running again, as well. It's been dormant since last fall.

Edited May 3, 2009 by blackviper8891

[cletus8269]

Oh, and no, a new battery will not help your misfire issue.

maybe the points are out of adjustment

[Nick]

All cold engines idle higher than ones at operating temperature.

True, I've just never seen one idle that high on a cold start, but I suppose it could be partially attributed to that it hasn't been run in a long time.

[Drew Dowdell]

I'll say that the idea does have merit.... though a remote chance of it working.

[ocnblu]

Um... "rock" on?

[Paolino]

True, I've just never seen one idle that high on a cold start, but I suppose it could be partially attributed to that it hasn't been run in a long time.

I've seen many idle at around 1250 when started up.

[Cory Wolfe]

True, I've just never seen one idle that high on a cold start, but I suppose it could be partially attributed to that it hasn't been run in a long time.

The Cobalt idles around 1500 on a cold start.

[Intrepidation]

I think the Intrepid idles around 800-1,000 rpm cold start, 600 when warmed up. The Shadow has a fast idle...1,000 rpm...one of those things that need to be tweaked.

[daves87rs]

Nice....

Maybe I should do a video or two...

[Intrepidation]

It's fun...I've done a couple of mine.

[Nick]

The Cobalt idles around 1500 on a cold start.

Wow...that's more than my motorcycle. I've never known cars to idle that high. My car idles around 750 when it is cold.

[Teh Ricer Civic!]

Personally i would take a rubber mallet and hit the engine block until it works correctly. You should also do this to the rear brakes.

[capriceman]

Personally i would take a rubber mallet and hit the engine block until it works correctly. You should also do this to the rear brakes.

The only thing that will fix that car is 8 pounds of C4 which i can arrange...

[Teh Ricer Civic!]

The only thing that will fix that car is 8 pounds of C4 which i can arrange...

How about filling it up with gunpower and shooting some tannerite that you wedge between the window and the door frame?

[cletus8269]

Wow...that's more than my motorcycle. I've never known cars to idle that high. My car idles around 750 when it is cold.

cold idle for mine is around 800-1000 then once warmed it hovers around 500-600 it sort of sounds like its skipping though... may be the xtreme energy hydrolic cam

Edited May 5, 2009 by cletus8269

[ocnblu]

Yeah mine idles about 1100 when first started cold.

[Justin Bimmer]

How about filling it up with gunpower and shooting some tannerite that you wedge between the window and the door frame?

Why not just fill it up with match heads and blast it off mythbusters style.

[ocnblu]

I would take a thousand years to get that many match heads together.

[Teh Ricer Civic!]

I would take a thousand years to get that many match heads together.

Yeah, plus you don't get to shoot at the match heads.

[A Horse With No Name]

The only thing that will fix that car is 8 pounds of C4 which i can arrange...

...or sink it off of the coast of Florida to help build a coral reef....

Chris

[Cory Wolfe]

The Millenia is fireproof. Sorry.

[Justin Bimmer]

Lets put a dead pig in it and try to sell it like on mythbusters!

[Intrepidation]

Or strap rockets to it like the first (and even better) 2nd test with that Impala.

[cletus8269]

Or strap rockets to it like the first (and even better) 2nd test with that Impala.

i hate those episodes... blow up celica's like the james bond myth and lighter myths.