so the car wouldnt start for a couple of days....

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thehookeup
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so the car wouldnt start for a couple of days....

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so the car wouldnt start for a couple of days. on and off. this is before i pulled my motor out because of a blowen head gasket. The car would run great and then randomly, wouldnt start for like 4 or 5 hours. then it would start and i would have to drive about 20 mins to get the check engine light to go off. and then the car would run great, and then randomly it wouldnt start again. and the restart time went up to about 2 days. it i would let the car sit for along time it would start up again. and then the longer it had not started the longer the check engine would stay on before it would go off.

at work i pulled the codes and noticed that, every code that could have been pulled was. i cleared it and it did change any of the symptoms.

so when my head gasket blew. it was at 22psi @ 1500 RPM. i the problems are most likely interrelated. but who knows.

i just found it funny that the damn car wouldnt start until i gave it a long rest. and i was not driving the car hard. any of you have any suggestions?
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Post by Manarius »

Sounds like Coolant Temp. Sensor. Does the car turn over? Or does it do nothing when you turn the key.

If it doesn't turn over, it's starter related.
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Post by thehookeup »

yea it would turn over, but just wouldnt fire. sometimes it would fire, and then die a couple seconds later
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