car turns on and shuts off..help
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car turns on and shuts off..help
hi everyone. my wife has an 04 G35 coupe. she drives alot of miles everyday for work and she is VERY late on an oil change..yesterday she went to the mall and it was no problem. when she went to leave the mall the car turned on and then turned off. after a couple times of doing this and pumping the gas it would stay on. then this morning she was on her way to her fathers house it was a bit worse. it would turn off when she would come to a complete stop.. last night i checked the oil and it was low so i went to the store and dropped in 2 quarts of oil and it turned on no problem and stayed on. her dad took her car today so she can drive without a problem but he told her that her check engine light came on today..i havent taken it to check what the code is but you guys have any suggestions in the meantime?
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regular 10w30. she bought the car used and thats how it came. i want to change it to synthetic since she has high mileage on it. i went last night to go to AutoZone so they can run the test on it to see what codes it throws and the guy told me nobody there can help me cuz its too late outside and dark i was like oh come on im pratically dressed in a suit im not going to jack anyone lol..but regardless im taking it to the stealership today so i hope i can get this resolved..thanks for you help and if you have any more suggestions i will be checking!
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Originally Posted by latino519
regular 10w30. she bought the car used and thats how it came. i want to change it to synthetic since she has high mileage on it. i went last night to go to AutoZone so they can run the test on it to see what codes it throws and the guy told me nobody there can help me cuz its too late outside and dark i was like oh come on im pratically dressed in a suit im not going to jack anyone lol..but regardless im taking it to the stealership today so i hope i can get this resolved..thanks for you help and if you have any more suggestions i will be checking!
change the oil ASAP using 5w-30 as recommended. Change it again in ~1000 miles to get the gunk out..
reset check engine liight
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Originally Posted by dofu
Keep in mind that the G has a 5 quart capacity... if you were very low on oil, 2 quarts might not be enough, and might have been consumed already. If the car sounds and runs fine now, the service light might be a small leak somewhere... go get your car serviced now!
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ok well i got the oil change yesterday and the car didnt stall out on me. when i got home i reset the ECU and it started to stall again. the check engine light went away and has not returned. someone told me to clean the throttle body so i think im going to do that when i get home today..any other suggestions?
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when they changed the oil i had them change the air filter..same thing right? also the car has 71XXX miles on her and i dont think i've had the spark plugs changed on them..i've only had the car for a year and a half since i bought it used so i dont know about that the previous owner has done..
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