Old Oct 24, 2021 | 11:01 AM
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Default Re: Engine cranks, fires, immediately dies. Bad RCM, crank sensor, something else?

Originally Posted by pizzaguy
If I let mine sit for three weeks (and I often do) its first start is a bit rough as well. Measuring fuel pressure is easy - it's like measuring tire pressure, so do it and you better see 56-58 pounds at the end of the fuel rail, Summit Racing has several test kits under $50 that work very well, I have one and it eliminates guessing at times like this - for $38, since I lived ten miles from a Summit store at the time I bought it.

But again as others have said, this sure looks all "Dead SKREEM" to me.

Personally, I do not believe in hooking a car to a battery tender (and your house wiring, therefore the electric grid) without yanking the battery cable. YOu are connecting the entire electrical system of the car to the dangers in the grid, thru a cheap Chinease-made battery charger? How could THAT possibly go wrong? Not that it's my bussiness what others do with their cars, but we have enough electrical issues with these cars - why no do what I do - Start the car and let it run 20 mins every three weeks and you don't need that damn piece of China-made crap hooked to your car. (PLEASE do not get the idea I give a damn what others do with their cars - I dont. I just don't understand why people take car maintenance advice from TV advertisements. )
Definitely good to check fuel pressure. I have a kit that I can bring up the next time I visit them.

I've been using battery tenders for the better part of a decade, from reputable brands, across multiple makes/models of vehicles. No issues. Same for a gaggle of friends. Let's hold the "made in China" comments, please, plenty of us are using a lot of other items that are totally well-made and coming out of factories in China. Insinuating that items made there are by default terrible is... not a great look.

Sounds like SKREEM is the top culprit, though.
 
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