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Old 07-29-2014, 03:51 PM   #1
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Warm start

My car always starts and idles perfect when cold, or even hot start within 10-15 mins. of turning it off, but if it sits 1-2 hrs, it starts but idles rough for about 30 seconds, then clears up and off we go.
Today after sitting for about an hour it did the same thing, so I thought I would help it along by blipping the throttle to help it, which didn't help, plus my CEL started flashing,
I stopped touching the throttle, it cleared up in about 15 seconds, and the light went off!
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Old 07-29-2014, 04:44 PM   #2
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Read your codes, you likely have one pending. Flashing CEL = do not run.
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Old 07-29-2014, 04:50 PM   #3
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Read your codes, you likely have one pending. Flashing CEL = do not run.
Even though the light went off?
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You need to read the codes and list them here.
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Old 07-29-2014, 05:34 PM   #5
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Just scanned the codes, getting P0300, P0304 and P0305,
But no cel light at the moment and running fine.
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:32 AM   #6
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I searched the forum and it all seems to point at misfire, possibly due to coil packs.
Again today its running perfect, but since I don't have past service history, I've decided to order and replace all coil packs, plugs and tubes regardless.
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Could it be related to the secondary air injection?
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Old 07-30-2014, 12:03 PM   #8
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Unlikely the SAI but it could be a vacuum leak.
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Old 07-30-2014, 12:46 PM   #9
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flashing usually indicates a misfire.. codes make sense.

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