- Aug 22, 2001
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so I posted like 6-7 weeks ago about a clunking sound in the back of my truck, and you all suggested the u-joints...turns out it was the rear differential. anyway, it got really clunky to the point where i didnt want to drive it anymore, so i started biking and taking public transit. This was 4 weeks ago. The truck has been sitting on my curb for this time waiting to be fixed.
The whole thing was really shaky and spewing some smelly (but not black...) exhaust. I concluded that the shakiness was from a low idle, and gave it a lil gas, but after i released the gas, it stalled out. The check engine light is on the whole time. I let it run for like a minute or two.
Basically, is this normal to happen to a car that has been sitting for a month? It has had no history of a bad engine, and its just been sitting there...does it just need to be "warmed up" moreso than normal?
if anybody needs to know, its a 1991 suburban v1500 V8 5.7L engine 4x4
-John
The whole thing was really shaky and spewing some smelly (but not black...) exhaust. I concluded that the shakiness was from a low idle, and gave it a lil gas, but after i released the gas, it stalled out. The check engine light is on the whole time. I let it run for like a minute or two.
Basically, is this normal to happen to a car that has been sitting for a month? It has had no history of a bad engine, and its just been sitting there...does it just need to be "warmed up" moreso than normal?
if anybody needs to know, its a 1991 suburban v1500 V8 5.7L engine 4x4
-John