Engine sometimes stalls after starting -- can it be battery related

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Ignoramus15786 - 09 Jul 2005 02:20 GMT

My truck did sometimes stall right after starting. The engine would
start and then stop in 2-3 seconds. It would crank further, but would
not fire. I had to "reboot" the truck by going to the battery,
disconnecting a disconnect that I installed a long time ago, and then
reconnecting the battery. It would then start after some cranking.

After a while of doing such, I found out that another battery post
(not the one with disconnect) had a poor connection: first the battery
terminal connection was loose, and second, due to an extra cable (for
an emergency inverter), the cable connection woould get extremely hot
after cranking.

After correcting this, the engine does not seem to stall anymore,
although it has been only 3 days.

My question is, could the above symptoms have been caused by a weak
electrical connection of one terminal. Or am I fooling myself and only
seeing a random "luck". The stalling occurred at random moments.

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TBone - 09 Jul 2005 02:39 GMT

It sounds exactly like a bad connection causing your problems.

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Ignoramus15786 - 09 Jul 2005 02:58 GMT

> It sounds exactly like a bad connection causing your problems.

Thank you TBone.

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GeekBoy - 09 Jul 2005 07:48 GMT

>> It sounds exactly like a bad connection causing your problems.

Could be a bad battery also.
Mine was doing similar till i changed the battery

A failure of 2 cells (engine still cranks and runs) on most vehicles can
cause a computer problem.

On Saturns, automatic transmissions will not shift.

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TBone - 10 Jul 2005 00:18 GMT

It could be a bad battery but that problem would not correct itself just by
removing and reconnecting connections.

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Frank K. - 11 Jul 2005 00:06 GMT

If you have an anti-theft system, this may be caused by the
computer not reading the key properly or not disabling the
anti-theft system after the key is inserted.

I had this problem (runs only 2 seconds) on two separate
occasions with my '04 Durango. I used the second key to
start it. After that, it ran fine with either key. The
dealer could not duplicate the problem and there were no
codes stored in the computer.

Frank

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