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Originally Posted by appstatedisco
Ok so over the past 2 or 3 weeks, my exhaust leak has been getting mildly worse on the left side. I took in it to get checked and they told me the leak is coming from between the left exhaust manifold and the cylinder heads. During these weeks, I've had a bit of trouble starting it when it's parked on some sort of angle. Also, for more information, I have alot of corrosion on my battery terminals(but all my other electronics and getting full power and the alt. belt and spinning). Well, I parked it on the side of the road, a bit slanted on it's side. I came back to leave and chug-chug-chug-chug but no start. I goosed the gas a bit but only to make my engine compartment smell like fuel. Any idea's? I have the manual and the service book in the car, but didn't have the first clue where to look.
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You have 2 real issues going on, voltage and air leaks.
Clean up all your cable ends and grounds first. You most likely are only getting a limited amount of voltage to your ECU which will make it hard to manage the engine functions, like starting.
As for the exhaust leak, you are causing the O2 sensors to get false readings from too much oxygen in the exhaust which in turn will cause it to run too rich. Fix the exhaust leaks and quit giving the gas pedal to much incouragement, you ar just flooding the system when you do that.
Mike
