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GodAlmightyMay-09-05 06:24 PM
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#123231, "Car will start...sometimes? Help!"


          

My car (which im getting ready to sell), has started acting odd on me at a bad time. It refuses to start sometimes. Giving it 5 or 6 tries it might start and then die. If I put the key to on, wait 2 seconds and then start it will somtimes start and work fine (after a fwe tries sometimes) (which is how i've been driving this thing all day)

What could be the cause of this?

No CEL.

  
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RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, Pitchblack98, May-09-05 06:26 PM, #1
RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, 420a-Tnthewerks, May-09-05 06:29 PM, #2
      RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, thedawg, May-09-05 06:36 PM, #3
           RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, GodAlmighty, May-09-05 07:42 PM, #4
                RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, Diceman19, May-09-05 08:06 PM, #5
                     RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, DSMRoadster, May-09-05 08:55 PM, #6
                          RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, GodAlmighty, May-10-05 07:39 AM, #7
                               RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, TeamDR1665, May-10-05 08:36 AM, #8
                                    RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, thedawg, May-11-05 05:28 AM, #9
                                         RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, gilee_8, May-11-05 05:37 AM, #10
                                         RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, Diceman19, May-11-05 08:50 AM, #11
                                         RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, TeamDR1665, May-11-05 09:08 AM, #12
                                              RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, GodAlmighty, May-14-05 08:37 AM, #13
                                                   RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!, Diceman19, May-14-05 10:30 AM, #14

Pitchblack98May-09-05 06:26 PM
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#123232, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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thats usually what happens with 2gnts when you go to sell them... They are family and dont want to go. emoji

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420a-TnthewerksMay-09-05 06:29 PM
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#123233, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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My bet's on the fuel pump.

  
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thedawgMay-09-05 06:36 PM
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#123234, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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My bet's on it being a 1995 with a bad ECU.

  
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GodAlmightyMay-09-05 07:42 PM
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#123235, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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I suppose I should have mentioned what car it is. It's a 97 eclipse rs.

Fuel pump? ack, thats gonnna be a costly one.

  
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#123236, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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maybe the fuel pump relay.

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#123237, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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simple easy fix. check the wiring from the battery to the starter.

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GodAlmightyMay-10-05 07:39 AM
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#123238, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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Ordered a relay, should get it sometime tomorrow.

It cranks, but it doesn't feel like going most times.

  
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#123239, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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Originally posted by GodAlmighty
Ordered a relay, should get it sometime tomorrow. It cranks, but it doesn't feel like going most times.


I would think that you, of all people, could fix this yourself. Tsk tsk. Whatever happened to all the omnipotence and omniscience? Good luck... I guess.

Maybe the wages of blasphemy are fuel system issues... emoji

  
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#123240, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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 May-12-06 04:34 PM by thedawg

          

I'm changing my vote to Dicemans- if its a 1997, its probably the Fuelpump/ASD relay.

Driggs- Leave it to you to go there. What Would Brynden Say!?!

  
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gilee_8May-11-05 05:37 AM
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#123241, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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Hi, I am having a similar problem with my g/f's eclipse.
Can someone explain what is the ACD relays?
You mean the relays next to the brake reservsoir area?
If those relays are the ACD, which one is it?

Thanks.

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#123242, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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my 98 had it on the far left i believe. chiltons says which one it is.

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#123243, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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Originally posted by thedawg
Driggs- Leave it to you to go there. What Would Brynden Say!?!


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GodAlmightyMay-14-05 08:37 AM
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#123244, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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Well, got the relay, popped it in, fixed the problem. (for my 97 automatic, it was the one on the left)

Thanks!

  
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#123245, "RE: Car will start...sometimes? Help!"
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Originally posted by GodAlmighty
Well, got the relay, popped it in, fixed the problem. (for my 97 automatic, it was the one on the left) Thanks!


BING. +1 for me. emoji

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