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Old 05-28-2009, 10:47 AM   #1
the_unicycle_guy
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2003 Malibu starts but stalls immediatly?

Hey everyone,

The car turns over strong, and will fire every now and then. The car will start sometimes and dies within a few seconds, regardless of giving it gas. Sounds like the fuel pump is running when the key is turned on. Sounds like it's not getting gas or not letting it fire. Got it brought back on a flatbed after the problem first started a few days ago and it started up fine and ran fine. Turned it on and off a few times with no problems, but it started doing the same thing the next day, and hasn't ran since. Had a similar problem on another car and it turned out to be a cracked distributor letting moisture in. Sprayed the wires off with wire dry, but the car doesn't have a distributor cap like my other car did, so not sure if opening it and spraying it would help.

Any suggestions? Thanks a lot.
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