Dies upon start, then wont turn over

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Dies upon start, then wont turn over

By Gorveatt
- Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:19 pm #23444 OK so this has happened a few times in the past but it was basically wasn't much at the time. I turn the car over, it's fires up, but upon imediate release of the key it dies, i go to turn it over again, and it wont fire... let it sit 30 seconds or so, fire it up and it runs fine.

today however, i pulled in to get gas. i was fairly low, but still above the E line. Car was running fine, pull in, pump $10 and then go to fire it up, it fires.... dies upon release of the key. turn it over again, same thing. tried for a good 5 minutes to get it to turn over. it cranks and cranks and cranks. but nothing. after about 5 minutes of this it finally turns over and runs fine...

my imedate thoughts are... Dizzy, or Fuel pump? opinions? thoughts?.... anything?... someone wanna give me a B series? :D
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By ohDirka
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:45 am #23454 what do you mean by release of the key? like in the ignition stage or like in the on position?
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By Gorveatt
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:48 am #23455 turn the key to start, then let go and it goes to on. basically what i meant by release the key
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By ohDirka
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:53 am #23456 do you hear your fuel pump turn on?
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By ChicagoMike
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:58 am #23457 Listen for your main relay to click, and the fuel pump to prime. Also check all your battery connections, I chased a similar problem for 6 months before I realized it was a shitty battery connection.
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By Sire
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:39 am #23471 Ignition relay is what jumps in to my mind... :? Had the same thing with my car a couple of times, then it ran good for a long time, but all of a sudden the problems started again for me...
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By Gorveatt
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:14 pm #23505 All's good everyone, it was what i thought it was. The Distributor cap was fucked up pretty bad lol
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By ohDirka
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:26 pm #23509 yea the dizzy can be a bitch sometimes. ive heard that a common problem with them is moisture will get in it and mess everything up so you just take it it off and blow it out with an air compressor. i had to do it once during the winter
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By Gorveatt
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:32 pm #23510 oh this was definitely cause by moisture, but the rotor was all corroded, and the connectors were all broken lol
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By ohDirka
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:44 pm #23513 i'd say thats a legitimate problem then. may as well do a full tune up while your at it
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