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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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Default Trouble Starting... Exhaust leak...

First off, Unfortunately my car is out of warranty. =-( poop. I don't know if these two issues are related or what, but I think I have an exhaust leak, right in the from of the car, probably where the headers meet the H/X? pipe. I would start my car, and I would hear a weird rattle from the engine, I could smell exhaust, and I could see it coming from the hood. The car would shake as well, like a fairly passive vibrating, I noticed it did it more when the car would be full on gas, like when I just filled it up.

Any who, I was out and about with the girlfriend the other day, it was about 85 degrees out. Car worked fine all day until about 3 hours of being out, we were leaving the local mall, when I went to start my car. It would crank forever, but it wouldn't actually start. I tried to start the SOB about 6 times, and then gave up. We walked to a local store to pass some time. I figured it was overheated or something. We came back about 20 minutes later and it started fine, except, the CEL was on. I tried the car the next day( this morning) and it worked fine, without any CEL on. Any Idea? I figured the exhuast leak might be throwing off the O2 sensors which could screw up the pump and the start...?
 
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