no idea wtf is goin on at cold start

rx865 · 06-06-2010, 11:29 PM

So about an hour ago im leaving my buddy's house and when I go to start the car it takes a little longer to start than normal, then the rpm's climb a little bit and then drop off to below 1k rpms and it starts to bog a little and the rpms shoot back up to normal idling range and I get a flashing check engine light the flashing CEL then turns into a solid CEL. My car has 107k miles on it and I highly doubt the ignition coils have been replaced ever. Has anyone else had a problem similar to this? It also only happens with cold starting apparently. I let it warm up and drove it around and shut it off numerous times when it was warm and had no issues starting and was running smooth. Im really hoping I havent lost compression and its a misfire code or something. If anyone has had something like this happen please let me know and what you did to fix it. Thanks

06-06-2010, 11:29 PM	#1
rx865 DC Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Jefferson City TN Posts: 83 Rep Power: 16	no idea wtf is goin on at cold start So about an hour ago im leaving my buddy's house and when I go to start the car it takes a little longer to start than normal, then the rpm's climb a little bit and then drop off to below 1k rpms and it starts to bog a little and the rpms shoot back up to normal idling range and I get a flashing check engine light the flashing CEL then turns into a solid CEL. My car has 107k miles on it and I highly doubt the ignition coils have been replaced ever. Has anyone else had a problem similar to this? It also only happens with cold starting apparently. I let it warm up and drove it around and shut it off numerous times when it was warm and had no issues starting and was running smooth. Im really hoping I havent lost compression and its a misfire code or something. If anyone has had something like this happen please let me know and what you did to fix it. Thanks