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My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:20 pm
by tesh
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
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:56 pm
by Octane2097
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?
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:40 pm
by tesh
its a 2001 model, had it checked at the garage and they say everything is working fine, they suggest that i take for reprogramming
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:38 pm
by Octane2097
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
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:30 am
by tesh
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
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:51 pm
by Octane2097
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!!
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:16 am
by fredA
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.
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:57 pm
by Gary_billingham
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
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:46 pm
by Octane2097
it could be the imob if its faulty and swiches on while the engines on....
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:27 pm
by tesh
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!
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:34 pm
by psycho657
hopefully just the camshaft sensor, ecu price a bit steep.
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:14 am
by tesh
would you know how much it would cost to import one - the camshaft sensor - there are none of my car model in our country.
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:19 pm
by psycho657
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
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:37 pm
by matt1.2
Re: My car starts and then stops on its own
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:05 am
by tesh
this site is extremely useful, thankyou so much. I am still waiting for their reply whether they import to Africa, Kenya