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Car acted weird when I tried to start it.

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    Car acted weird when I tried to start it.

    Yesterday I was going to start my car and everything was right ,but it seemed like it just died when I started it. All the electronic stuff was working ,but when I started it it was on for maybe half a second then turned off. Why is this?
    cb7sk8rdude
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    Clean your battery cables and terminals, and make sure the connections are secure. There is another thread currently directly under this one dealing with the exact same situation.






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      #3
      I saw that one. I was able to start my car after this happened though. It did sound a little weird for a few minutes ,but then it was fine.
      cb7sk8rdude

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        #4
        Yes, that will happen. Clean your connections, so it doesn't happen again. Also, make sure all grounds are clean and secure.






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          #5
          Did you clean, adjust idle or some thing else? I pulled my fast idle valve electronic connector and cleaned that. Put some contact grease in there and made sure the connector is good on it. Never happens again. However, I don't know if that is the cause. I check the TPS and the voltage seems good. Not sure if you have a TPS problem it would be more consistent.
          But does it seems like the cranking is weak and didn't want to turn over? If you keep your hand on the ignition and keep cranking it will turn over and you have to keep your foot on the pedal for 10 seconds to keep it idle high. Then the problem doesn't occur again for that day.
          That was how mine happened.

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            #6
            Just remember... cars don't fix themselves. If something went wrong once, then something IS wrong, even if it doesn't happen again.






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              #7
              Alright thanks
              cb7sk8rdude

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                Originally posted by deevergote View Post
                Just remember... cars don't fix themselves. If something went wrong once, then something IS wrong, even if it doesn't happen again.
                I cannot really pin point the problem as it does not occur on the consistent base. But when it happens more often then I will find out more. For now, if it occurs once or twice a year and the car still start after a few minutes, I can live with that.

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                  #9
                  I think there is a little ground lug for the computer on the thermostat housing. I would definetly give that a quick once over.
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                    #10
                    have you ever changed your fuel filter? if not i would try it, theyre cheap and easy to change.

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