Engine Dies

[Ster56]

What happens is I can start it one time and it starts perfectly, Drives just fine. But after I take it around the block and park it in the driveway and kill it, and try to start it again, it starts but then dies immediately after. If I let it sit for like 30 seconds, it usually starts just fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[deevergote]

Check to see if the no-start is due to a lack of spark or a lack of fuel.

Do you hear your fuel pump go on when you turn the key? When the weather heats up, it's common for the main relay to fail. That's usually the first thing to check.

[Ster56]

where is the main relay?

[deevergote]

Under the dash, to the left of the steering wheel.

[Ster56]

how do you check if it is bad?

[SEgirl]

This happened to me before and it was the main relay.

[Ster56]

is the main relay the same as the main "fuel" relay?

[westcoast_cb7]

how do you check if it is bad?

Change it with another one, if it works, then it was a bad main relay

[oyajicool]

This site may shed some light to your question.
http://techauto.tripod.com/

[Ster56]

This site may shed some light to your question.
http://techauto.tripod.com/

Right... So I think it is the main relay. The symptoms sound exactly like my car. I will look into getting another one and see if that fixes it. Thanks!

[J_Hart]

It's quite simple to pop the cover off the main relay and look around. Both times my relay has died, I could easily see a burnt solder point, and both times I re-soldered. (different connections) Saved myself $40 each time.

[Ster56]

It's quite simple to pop the cover off the main relay and look around. Both times my relay has died, I could easily see a burnt solder point, and both times I re-soldered. (different connections) Saved myself $40 each time.

Alright, I will look at it. Thanks!

[Ster56]

Right. So I pulled it out. Here is a picture of the soldering points. Tell me if you see anything wrong. the whole board is coated with some nasty hard brown crap.

[J_Hart]

I don't see any obvious signs of arcing in that pic, though that's not to say something inside one of the relays hasn't gone bad. Does everything look good on the top side as well?

[Ster56]

I don't see any obvious signs of arcing in that pic, though that's not to say something inside one of the relays hasn't gone bad. Does everything look good on the top side as well?

Yeah. The 7 pins look good. I can't take the brown part off to check anything else, at least I don't think...