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Car wouldnt start

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scturbospyder

15+ Year Contributor
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Aug 15, 2005
seneca, South Carolina
well i went to work today and when i got off my car wouldnt start. All it would do was spudder and cutt off. When i tried to touch the gas it would cut off. I have been having this problem in the mourning when i would cut the car on and it would sputter and cut off then i would crank it again it would be fine. And i also notice the idle was low. Any help would be greatly appriciated

Oh and then i went back to trailer it home and i cranked and ran fine
 
my car just did this last thrusday. i went to work and the car was fine, when i went to go to lunch, it wouldn't start the same way. it ended up being the Crank Angle sensor went bad. they replaced it and it works fine now, get that looked at
 
if it is the crank angle sensor, make sure it wasn't caused by crankwalk. 2G's are pretty well known for crankwalking. An easy way to tell is looking at the crank angle sensor and if it's been literally chipped or ground away, then you're most likely having crankwalk. You'd need to either rebuild your engine or just do a 6-bolt swap (which would reduce your chance of crankwalk by about 99% :p). If you don't get that fixed, eventually you'll find yourself just replacing crank angle sensors all the time, and possibly doing some serious damage to the engine.
 
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