happystereo

perfect!!! Once your past about 6 seconds of running, its perfect, strong, never dies even when pushed hard. It only has start up grimmlins.

if someone starts it by turing the key fast from off to crank and dont touch the gas, 75% of the time it will die in 3 seconds. Once this happens nothing seems to stop the cycle of on/off except to turn off then to on then wait a second "like a relay or something is powering up all the way" then crank and give a little peddle. if you turn on, wait, then crank but dont touch the gas it dies about 50% of the time. When it dies it like turning off the fuel pump or air in the line. Nothing like holding it to the floor or racing it for the 3 seconds help. It just dies.

I have tryed 100's of times holding the key all ways to see if it made any differance at all but nothing ever changes of this pattern, let me restate that it always starts perfect everytime it just dies if the key does not stop for a second at the on positon before starting and pushing the gas just a little over an idle after startup. Does that still sound like a points problem? Thanks for you reply. Mike The points inside the back of the key cylinder is worn. It is especially a problem on cars with owners who have or had heavy keys. I did my father inlaws honda with a brand new peice with wiring harness and it was $100 which i find dirt cheap.

I have been living with this starting problem for almost 2 years. I have no problem starting it but every time my wife or friend start the car it - starts perfect, runs for 3 seconds, then dies. You can the repeat this process as many time as you like, it does not matter if you hold the petal to the floor or dont touch, it starts runs 3 seconds then dies. The work around it to turn off the ignition 2 or 3 times then turn ignition on and wait a second or two then crank and keep rpm's just over idle. I am looking to sell the car and I need to find this fix because the rest of the car runs and looks great. Thanks for any help.....

my '92 sc400 did this for a year, i put oil everywhere and thought I would have to change the door hardware. It turned out I was oiling the wrong place, there is a cup shape metal thing in the door hinge with 4 bolts holding it down, in it there is a arm that rides inside the cup to keep the door open on a small incline when open. Put the oil over the edge or behind/inside the cup. I died when i found out how easy it was to fix this huge noise everytime I opended the door. Maybe yours has the same kind of hinge?