{"id":37537,"date":"2016-12-02T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=37537"},"modified":"2016-12-02T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T16:04:41","slug":"pressure-2005-chrysler-sebring-2-7-gtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/12\/pressure-2005-chrysler-sebring-2-7-gtc","title":{"rendered":"Pressure 2005 Chrysler Sebring 2.7 gtc"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2005I recently put a thermostat<\/a> in my car. When I went to change it there wasn’t even one in it. So after I got one in I started my car. It ran just fine. The heat was working perfect so I shut it off and picked up all my tools. I then went to starting it again and it wouldn’t start. It would just turn over slowly. So after about 15 minutes it finally started. I drove it for about 20 minutes and it died on me. It keeps doing this after about 15 or 20 minutes after I start it, it will die.\u00a0 And when it dies it takes a few minutes for it to start back almost like there’s not enough juice to turn it over. But like I said if you give it a few minutes it will start right back up.<\/p>\n

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I am wondering if the temperature gauge is reading hot when it dies. So, I am guessing there was a reason you decided to replace the thermostat in the first place. I am guessing the engine was overheating and you have possibly blown a head gasket. This is common for this engine. I am guessing that the coolant is getting into the cylinders and causing the engine to die. It is also giving a slow crank as the cooling system<\/a> pressure is built up in the cylinders when you try to restart after it dies. Yet after letting is sit the pressure bleeds off and the engine cranks over a bit faster. A way to be certain would be to perform a compression test on each cylinder.<\/p>\n

Performance Pressure Checks<\/h3>\n