Thread: DO'h, some car guy I am.

So, I find it nice to have 2 cars, since whenever one of them is down, I can still use the other one to go find parts, the only thing is, I haven't really had any mechanical issues in a while, so it's hard to choose which car to take. I made a deal that I'd drive each car for one tank, then switch. Whenever someone at work asks me which one I have, I say "The one with gas."

I've been driving the red car more and more lately, and I haven't touched the blue car in over 2 weeks. I decide to crank it up today and the engine begins to lurch violently and die. Now, I associated this issue with an alternator problem I have, when I start the car, I have to hit 3k for the alt to kick on, otherwise, I don't get enough spark and the car lurches. I charge the battery for 3 hours, I check all my connections, my engine is still lurching, even at throttle. I break out the vid camera because I'm out of ideas and I want to ask the dash, then I notice the gas gauge. Now, if I left the tank near empty, let the car sit for 2 weeks, whoops, I'm sucking up air.

So a quick dose of gas from the shed, let the pump circulate for a minute, and the car was back in the game. It's always the simplest things that cause the biggest nightmares

Anyway, that's my story for the night.

I know the feeling..

Oh yeah, been there...

Lol, I think we've all been there.

n00b!!

Its always the little things. I hate it when it happens to me. Love it when it happens to someone else. Then I dont feel alone.

Good thing you don't have a diesel, you would be having fun pumping the air out

Happens to the best of us hehe.

pumping air out? wtf

YouTube - sling blade

Diesel's are not friendly to air bubbles in the fuel system, you need to bleed it out basically. They run wayyy higher fuel pressure then we can ever dream off too.