When I start my car up in the morning (temps ranging from 10-30 degrees) after about 15 minutes my car just dies. I have the heater turned on too but I never thought it would affect the longevity of the warmup...any ideas on what this may be?! It has no problem starting but sometimes it takes a bit after it dies post warmup...any help will be greatly appreciated!

-Lieb-

 

Did you mean 15 seconds?

When you say it dies, does it stall while idling? while driving? etc. we need more details...

 

I hope you don't idle it for 15 minutes, thats totally unnecessary.

 

15 minutes works your fan causing a load on the alternater with whatever other things you got on radio,defrost,etc

 

Engine coolant temperature sensor?