On May 6, 1:46=A0pm, ItchyW...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Several months ago my wife drove our '96 Dodge Caravan to a friends
> house. The van would not start when she attempted to leave. It turned
> over, and all the lights worked but it just wouldn't start. The engine
> would just turn over, it wasn't catching at all. It seemed like there
> was either no gas or no spark.
>
> I had a local repair shop tow it to his business. It was the same guy
> I had purchased the vehicle from a couple years ago. He said that he
> saw that there was some corroded wires and that he was in the process
> of replacing them. At one point he said there was no way he could
> charge me the labor that he put into the vehicle. I asked him on
> several occasions how much I owed him and he just continued to say
> that he wasn't going to charge full labor and that he would be done
> with it in another week. Weeks turned into months and the van still
> wasn't running. I wasn't pu****ng him at this point because my wife
> lost her job and we didn't have the money to pay for it anyway.
>
> We recently rectified the money/job issue and have resumed pressure on
> the mechanic. several weeks ago he said that he needed to replace the
> computer so I picked one up on Ebay to save some cash. He put it in
> and he said that the van started but cut off after about a minute.
> This is all it would do. He tried another computer and it did the same
> thing. The mechanic is now telling me that he believes there is some
> kind of security system that has been enabled by changing out the
> computer and he needs to figure out how to disable it.
>
> Could this be the case? If so, does anyone know how to disable the
> engine shut off? If this is not the case then what else could it be?
I had exactly the same problem and it also cut out the odd time when
it was running. Cranked like a bandit, but would not start. Other
times it would work perfectly.
I heard the same story as you and......it turned out to be a relay un
the fuse/relay holder. I swapped it with others there that are the
same (try the horn) and away it went.
I bought a new relay for $20 and have not had the problem since. Mine
was a 2001 caravan.
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