Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Running on 5 cylinders??

Originally posted by sail114:

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Ok, this is the second time this has happened. I started my car up yesterday only to move it so that I could give it a bath. Shut it down within 1 minute, then after I was done washing, i started it up again, and shut it down again within 1 minute. (I don't make a habit of doing this, it's just that I wasn't going anywhere).

Well, when I started it up this morning, the revs slowly climbed as the starter kicked over, and then the car started rocking uncontrollably. It honestly felt as though one of my cylinders wasn't firing and the whole engine was off-balance. As the car continued running and I gave it some fuel, the engine started to idle very smoothy like there had been nothing wrong.
It's been running fine ever since...

Any ideas?
I'm wondering if there could have been some unburned gas from yesterday flooding one of the cylinder heads, or if one of my injectors is sticking... but I'd like to know what you guys think

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Yeah, unbruned gas.. most likly when you shut the car off, a complete cycle of 1-6 sylinders was in the middle of firing at one point when you shut it off. Basically, one of the cylinders was just flooded. new cars do that all the time.. especially the series 3 3800. You're fine... just stop with the starting and stopping, damnit!