My car starts and then stops on its own

tesh · Post by **tesh** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:20 pm

My car starts and stops on its own within a few minutes. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I changed my battery when i bought it from a second hand dealer, could the change of battery be causing the problem

Post by **Octane2097** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:56 pm

if your car is starting and stopping or running on after you turn the ignition on
sounds more like your cylnders are choked with carbon,

how old is your car?

tesh · Post by **tesh** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:40 pm

its a 2001 model, had it checked at the garage and they say everything is working fine, they suggest that i take for reprogramming

Post by **Octane2097** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:38 pm

what exacly does it do then?
does it start on its own without the key in or with
does it start up then swich its self off then start again?
try to describe exactly what its doing!

bit of a weird one this

tesh · Post by **tesh** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:30 am

it starts with the key in, then after a few seconds immediately goes off and does not start again until i turn the ignition on then the same cycle all over again

Post by **Octane2097** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:51 pm

could be anything from fuel pump to dodgy sparkplugs or faulty injectors or the timeings out

could even be a fault with your imobilizer,
sorry i cant be much help here pal hope you manage get it sorted!!

fredA · Post by **fredA** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:16 am

this sounds a bit like mine. mine was the egr valve mate i'd get that checked or check it yourself. i dont know where abouts on the engine it is but its an expensive job so if you can find it thats better.

Gary_billingham · Post by **Gary_billingham** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:57 pm

wont be the imobiliser coz it just would let you start all together,if the imobiliser is faulty the orange engine managment light would just flash when trying to start

Post by **Octane2097** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:46 pm

it could be the imob if its faulty and swiches on while the engines on....

tesh · Post by **tesh** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:27 pm

thankyou for all your suggestions, took the car to the mechanic, its pointing to either a faulty ECU or camshaft sensor, so they need replacing, unfortunately!

psycho657 · Post by **psycho657** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:34 pm

hopefully just the camshaft sensor, ecu price a bit steep.

tesh · Post by **tesh** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:14 am

would you know how much it would cost to import one - the camshaft sensor - there are none of my car model in our country.

psycho657 · Post by **psycho657** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:19 pm

which country are u in? i reckon itd be about 35quid including postage n packaging if outside the uk, if ur in the uk then there will be some one who has 1 in the uk

matt1.2 · Post by **matt1.2** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:37 pm

Try http://www.lmfvauxhall.co.uk

tesh · Post by **tesh** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:05 am

this site is extremely useful, thankyou so much. I am still waiting for their reply whether they import to Africa, Kenya

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