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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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Whenever I drive for long periods of time and I shut the car off and I turn it back on, the car cranks, starts up then shuts off right away. I then try to turn it on again and it cranks but won't start. I then have to let the car chill for a couple minutes then i can start it up again. what the heck is going on?!?! I know its not the starter cuz I just changed it. any helps awesome thanks
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 06:12 AM
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not sure, could be that your electrical system is on its way out. I had a similar issue with my CRX and it turned out that the wiring on the battery was corroded
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 06:25 AM
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change the main relay
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 06:51 AM
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main relay or the igniter inside the dizzy
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 06:53 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shortyz21 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">change the main relay</TD></TR></TABLE>x2
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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AWESOME. It worked! thanks for the help guys.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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what u do to get yo car to start cuz i got the same issues
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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bump to get this in my recent topics
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