I think I just f_cked up my car
Ok so I'm still a newbie at stick shift (I still have trouble starting the car on hills)
So at midnight I was practicing starting my car on a hill. The ignition went off a couple times... I thought "no big deal" so I just started the car up again and keep practicing. The ignition went off a couple more times but when the ignition went off for about the 6-7th time, the car felt "weird" and I suddenly see "check fuel injection system" light and the oil light coming on then I smell
crapload of gasoline from the vents.
Anybody have an answer as to what's wrong w/ my car?
So at midnight I was practicing starting my car on a hill. The ignition went off a couple times... I thought "no big deal" so I just started the car up again and keep practicing. The ignition went off a couple more times but when the ignition went off for about the 6-7th time, the car felt "weird" and I suddenly see "check fuel injection system" light and the oil light coming on then I smell
crapload of gasoline from the vents.
Anybody have an answer as to what's wrong w/ my car?
Sorry, whatever it is sounds painful. Is it safe to say you just bought the car? I don't think stalling your car would do that. At most you should drain the battery. Maybe something else was wrong previously. And not sure what you mean by starting your car on the hill, do you mean getting out of first on an incline? If it’s that, just hold the e-brake and release when you give it enough gas, the way I was forced to learn was when my friends put me on a hill and told me to stay in place using gas. That forced me to learn how to balance the clutch and gas.
Hope that helps with your driving,
For your car problems you get a bump and maybe someone else can help.
Mike,
Hope that helps with your driving,
For your car problems you get a bump and maybe someone else can help.
Mike,
Sounds like you may have flooded the engine a little bit considering that you can smell the gas and this can happen when you keep giving it gas and just stalling without using it. I don't know why that would throw a code though. I would try to clear the codes and see how it reacts to that and see if you smell anymore gas. What does it do when you let it sit for an hour or two?


