Namamatay Makina

**seednie** · September 30th, 2005 10:02 AM

hi. needed help fast!

i was driving on my way to the office. ok, ganda ng takbo ng car. then i have to stop over to a gas station to refuel. there i have to turn the engine off. upon starting again, i noticed that my idling is dropping until i reached the parking lot. so, turned the engine off and was about to leave. curiousity, i tried re-starting the car again and it started naman but namamatay agad.

how can i resolve this problem? what would be the cause?
thanks.

**mazdamazda** · September 30th, 2005 10:07 AM

try to smell the exhaust... if there's too much gasoline - the af mixture is off.

**BlueBimmer** · September 30th, 2005 10:08 AM

smell for approx 30mins...hehe jst kiddin

**seednie** · September 30th, 2005 10:21 AM

i will try that. pero pag-start ko pa lang, hindi man tumatagal ng mga 1 sec patay agad eh.

how can i get the car running until i reach the nearest mechanic shop?

**BlueBimmer** · September 30th, 2005 10:24 AM

pls state your car make and model for easier troubleshooting

**seednie** · September 30th, 2005 10:27 AM

galant 95 SS.

a friend is speculating that it might me the alternator.........is it?

**yebo** · September 30th, 2005 10:47 AM

nope, not alternator. you said you can still start it (which means the battery is not dead), so kahit sira na alternator mo dapat umandar pa din kasi may charge ang battery. if this happened suddenly (you said ok ang takbo before you gassed up) then i suspect water in the tank, the gas station had water in its tanks and they pumped it to your car.

**seednie** · September 30th, 2005 10:51 AM

talaga?
ang sama naman nila.........mahal na nga ginagastos natin for the gasoline of our cars tapos nandadaya pa sila.

what can i do to make this running again?