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99 maxima engine starts for a second or 2 then shuts off


toddten
04-18-2008, 12:37 PM
Engine will start for a second or 2 then stalls. Will do this 2 or3 times then engine wont start. Wait an hour or 2 then engine starts.

Nahkapohjola
04-19-2008, 03:13 AM
Engine will start for a second or 2 then stalls. Will do this 2 or3 times then engine wont start. Wait an hour or 2 then engine starts.

Lots of guesswork... However, future diagnosis is positive: youll know immediately when she has been healed.

I'd start from swapping the ECU Cont -relay under hood. Next guess would be ign key switch (use bypass wire on the ECU power supply to test.)
Check this page 5 and then p.14
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/748507/5

Nissan has color coded relays: its easy tst to take one out and swap with its neighbor... in this swap game you 'dont need to know what youre doing'.

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