when oil cap is off engine stalls !?!
when oil cap is off engine stalls !?!
hey there i have a 96 mx3 precidia V6,
just changed my oil today getting ready for winter and as i was checking how much oil was in there i started the car to let it flow around and get a better reading of the amount in the car and it stalled. I thought it was weird and added more oil i thought it was just really low but even now after going for a long drive with it at normal level of oil and having it spread around it still does the same ( almost as if it were choking or not getting enough gas, the normal stall) , it is an odd problem i have never seen anything like it with any car no mater what the make .... any ideas would be very helpful ...
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Jeremy
just changed my oil today getting ready for winter and as i was checking how much oil was in there i started the car to let it flow around and get a better reading of the amount in the car and it stalled. I thought it was weird and added more oil i thought it was just really low but even now after going for a long drive with it at normal level of oil and having it spread around it still does the same ( almost as if it were choking or not getting enough gas, the normal stall) , it is an odd problem i have never seen anything like it with any car no mater what the make .... any ideas would be very helpful ...
thanks
Jeremy
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yeah for real - put the cap back on!! lol of course the car stalls without the oil cap on
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so you are telling that for a mx3 it is normal to stall without the oil cap ? after it happened to me, my friend said there was something wrong, i orginally thought it was the oil cap and that he forgot to put it back on, then he showed me, a 1988 firebird, 2005 dodge ram, 2003 mazda 3, all start and run without the oil cap and said that he once drove around for a week without the cap because it had broken so he ordered a new one and he had no problem with nothing on there. This would be something new for me and as long as it is normal for the mx3 to do that, then there is nothing wrong and i thank you for your help.
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great thanks i thought that there was a leak somewhere else and is was chocking itself or something like that ... i wasn't planning on running it without the cap it was just while i was adding oil that i wanted it to flow everywhere so i could get a better reading, but anyway thanks for your help much appreciated.
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You never measure the oil right after the car has been run.
to get an accurate reading, it should be left for about 5 minutes, to let all the oil get into the oilpan (wich is where you measure the amount of oil).
So, you really should check the levels with the engine cold, since you put more oil in while running it because it died without the cap on.
You dont want too much oil in there either, not especially healthy for the engine.
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to get an accurate reading, it should be left for about 5 minutes, to let all the oil get into the oilpan (wich is where you measure the amount of oil).
So, you really should check the levels with the engine cold, since you put more oil in while running it because it died without the cap on.
You dont want too much oil in there either, not especially healthy for the engine.
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even if you just remove the dipstick while the engine is running it will stall also because of the way it is designed.
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Isn't it basically just a huge vacuum leak with the cap off?
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