The previous owner casually told me the car needs to heat up in cold mornings after I had paid him. It didn't strike me as a red flag back then.
The Car needs to be heated up until the temp gauge is in the middle, otherwise the car stalls. Heating up takes about 5-10mins of revving.
Anyway, I took it to a local mechanic for service - brake pads etc. Left it overnight so he could experience the problem first hand. When I met him in the evening, he said no problem. Everything ok. I thought maybe he had fixed it.
But the next morning I found out I still had the issue. A week later I took it to a Nissan mechanic who works at the showroom and does off the job work on weekends. He said he'd have to do a check up first. He said the problem might be bcoz of the battery (it was a 450CCA instead of 550) or the sparkplugs (non-nissan). The thermostat as open too. But I think thermostat problem is unrelated.
I left car overnight so he could see the problem. He said he did.
Anyway, he fixed the spark plugs, thermostat, cleaned EGR, intake. The car runs smoother than before bcoz of the sparkplugs. But I found out I still have the problem today morning
wtf is wrong with my car. I just hate starting the car and just wasting fuel to heat up the engine.
