Sorry for the OT here but I cannot afford to have this car towed to the
mechanic for diagnosis. I hope to deal with this one myself.....
92 Ford Tempo, less than 65K miles--legitimate miles as it only had 51K
on it when we got it and had the original plug wires dated 1992 when we
got the car. It was a true little old lady car. It has run decent since
being given to us by my wife's dad for my daughters's use several years
ago. Car has not really been driven much since my youngest went to
college this past fall.
Battery is fully charged right now with battery tender use and fuel
stable put in tank a couple months ago. I tried to start the car
yesterday (approx 35 degrees at the time) and it was acting like the
battery was down on charge: barely turning over. I hooked up my battery
charger, put it on the "start" setting and tried again. I basically got
the same result with only slightly faster turn over speed. The starter
has always sounded good and the car has always started since we got it.
We have had very little cold weather so far this season with temp in the
30s and 40s during the day and only a couple nights below 20 degrees.
I am going to get some starting fluid in hopes it might be enough to
kick it going with the slow starter speed but am not hopeful.
Any thoughts?
Thanks all!!!
tim
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