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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Default Hard Start and Stalling Issue '04 Coupe

Hi guys...

So the car has been doing pretty well up until Sunday...

Temps have been in the 30's and 40's here and the car hasn't had any problems starting or running...of course until Sunday...

I stopped to do some brief shopping and came out about 10 minutes later and the car wouldn't start...the starter engaged and you could hear the car trying to turn over...but nothing...waited about 15-20 minutes and it started with the check engine light coming on...

Google turned up a few things and I drove it briefly twice to see if the CEL would reset itself...it did

Drove the car Monday about 60 miles total to work and back...it had a full workday to rest in between starts...and things were fine...

Stopped to pick up some cookies after the Flyers game last night and the car barely kicked over and the CEL was back on...

Drove it this morning and the CEL was off and the car ran fine...parked it at work...drove it about 4 hours later...parked it and headed to pick up the girlfriend...

While idling after about 30 minutes of driving...the car died and the small battery light and the seatbelt lights came on as the car stalled...

Waited 15-20 minutes and the car wouldn't kick over...same problem as Sunday...

Unhitched one of the battery cables and reattached...car started...then stalled at a red-light a few miles later...did the battery thing again and the car started with the CEL light coming on...

Seems like some electrical gremlins or possibly a sensor/fuel supply issue...but I'm not sure...I'll be cleaning the battery terminals tomorrow with some wire brushes and planned on doing plugs Sunday anyway...

Car runs and drives fine once it starts and I'll be taking it to the local auto supply shop to run codes in the AM...so far there isn't any smoking...I don't notice any leaking or particularly odd smells coming from the vents...

Any thoughts on what this could be? Sorry for the long post...Thanks!
 
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