For those that haven’t read the other post, when I try to start my car, it will start and run like normal, but only for about 2 seconds and then it slowly dies. Well, its doing it almost every time now, so I’ve had the chance to narrow down the problem.
The first time I start the car, I can hear a relay click on, then off and the car starts. When I try to start it the second, third and fourth time, there is no sound of a relay clicking. I’ve put my hand on the relay that I hear, and through that method have figured out thats the relay that is clicking. Its the clicking that you hear when your Check Engine Light comes on, then turns off after 3 seconds when you turn the car on, but don’t start it.
I’m pretty sure this relay is my Main Fuel Relay. But before I go out and lay down the cash for another one, I just want to make sure there isn’t something else I’m not thinking about.
And the only way I can start my car now is to start her, then rev her up to around 4,000 rpms and keep her there for a few seconds. I can still hear her try to die, but because the revs are up, she comes back to life after only about 500 rpms of dieing. Then she runs fine.
-Steve
