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Old 01-20-2009 | 02:57 PM
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I have a 98 Saturn SL with a 1.9l. Have been having starting problems for a month or so. I can go start it in the morning starts fine when I leave work it starts fine, If I try to drive it within a couple hours of shutting it off it wont start, turns over fine. If I hold the throttle wide open it will fire and then die right away. After repeating this for about 15 min I can finally get it started but runs real rough for a few seconds. I changed the crank position sensor about two months ago when I had similar problems but at that time I could always get it started right away just had to hold wide open throttle. Any ideas? The car has170k on it but runs great when it runs. Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
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Old 01-20-2009 | 04:13 PM
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ETCS and connector.
 
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Old 01-20-2009 | 05:04 PM
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Thank you Ill give it a shot!


 
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Old 01-20-2009 | 10:52 PM
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That did it Thank you.
 
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Old 01-20-2009 | 11:24 PM
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Glad to hear you are back running again ...
 
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