Thursday, November 12, 2020

Galaxie engine start fiasco

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Evening, all. First-time poster. Looking for help and/or advice.

Long story short: Tried to start up the 1968 Galaxie 500 at my home in Washington, D.C., this evening. Horrible engine noise and failure. No idea what happened.

It is about 50 degrees outside, so the engine was struggling to start. It would fire up but then quickly die down, even if I gave it just a tiny bit of gas.

So, on the last attempt, I fired it up and then...

Galaxie engine start fiasco