# 93 geo storm rough start & stalls at low RPM after cold weather

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-geo-storm-rough-start-stalls-at-low-rpm-after-cold-weather/23944>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 27, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-geo-storm-rough-start-stalls-at-low-rpm-after-cold-weather/23944 "2008-12-27T19:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![smichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@smichael](https://community.cartalk.com/u/smichael)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-geo-storm-rough-start-stalls-at-low-rpm-after-cold-weather/23944/1 "2008-12-27T19:03:04Z")

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Hi, I have a 1993 Geo Storm with 56K miles on it. I live in Portland, OR. We recently had a bad storm & my car sat for 4 or 5 days in below freezing weather. Now that the weather has thawed, it is very hard to start, runs very rough & requires flooring the gas to keep it running for a few seconds. It smokes (white-ish looking) during this process. Once the car is running at higher RPMS it smooths out & seems OK. I checked the oil & it doesn’t appear to have any anti-freeze in it so I’m hoping it’s not a cracked head or block. It also stalls & dies sometimes while at a stop light or stop sign. Any ideas on what to check or what the problem might be?