[Hivemind] Snow falling on Computer Towers while Neon Lights Blink Away

[Skade]

Orchid, if you are very lucky you may just need transmission fluid, but unfortunatlyI seriously doubt it is that simple. Have you tried starting it in gear?

 

[orchid blossom]

I should be more specific. It's an automatic transmission, so when I say gear I mean Drive, Reverse, Neutral... So I have to start the car before I can shift into anything other than park.

I plan to go out in the morning and check my fluids, although as a paranoid car person I'm always checking under the car for drips. So unless the fluids are burning or leaking into another part of the car....

 

[Dungannon]

I'm back, another random wandering through the Hivemind thread. So goes my day, as all days, and days on end til the end of days.

 

[ASH]

I dont know that much about cars.
So you put the car in to gear then it dies...(transmission?)
or
you put the car in gear, push the gas, then it dies....(Fuel related{filter, injector})

Either could be a head gasket.

I have had a bunch of crappy cars so i am used to them dieing.

 

[ASH]

Well ladies and gents... I need be off for now. I look forward to seeing you all later.

 

[Dungannon]

G'night, MS.

Orchid, what kind of car is it?

 

[orchid blossom]

It's a '90 Cutlass Ciera. I pray it's not the transmission or head gasket. Those both cost a good thousand dollars. Almost as much as I paid for the car.

I actually think it might have something to do with hitting the brakes. That's when it would act up, when I was braking to slow down.

 

[Dungannon]

If it's stalling when you take your foot off the gas and slow down it may be something as simple as your idle setting being to low. Getting it set to idle at a higher rpm would fix that.

 

[orchid blossom]

Let's hope it's something simple. But for now I'm going to relax and take a cue from Scarlett O'Hara. "I'll think about that tomorrow." (Can't do anything about it till then anyway.)

 

[Silver Moon]

. But for now I'm going to relax and take a cue from Scarlett O'Hara. "I'll think about that tomorrow." (Can't do anything about it till then anyway.)

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