Strange, inconsistant starting issue
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Strange, inconsistant starting issue
Hey all,
Every once in a while I will try to start the car, and it will turn over and not start. I can let it turn over for a good 10 seconds without it firing it up. I can then turn the key back to run, then try starting it again, and it will fire up like normal. For the longest time I couldn't figure this out.
After a while I noticed something that I believe to be a big clue. I noticed that every once in a while when the car wouldn't start it would fire once just as I started to turn the key back to run. Once in a blue moon this is just enough to start the car. So, I'll turn the key to start, the engine will turn over for however long I hold it there, and just as I start to turn the key back to run the car will fire a couple times and start up very non-gracefully.
This tells me that this is a problem with the ignition like I'm not getting spark sometimes. However, the reason I'm posting is because I don't really know what VATS does (or what it stands for, or how it works). Could this be a VATS problem, or does my ignition just have a bad connection?
Every once in a while I will try to start the car, and it will turn over and not start. I can let it turn over for a good 10 seconds without it firing it up. I can then turn the key back to run, then try starting it again, and it will fire up like normal. For the longest time I couldn't figure this out.
After a while I noticed something that I believe to be a big clue. I noticed that every once in a while when the car wouldn't start it would fire once just as I started to turn the key back to run. Once in a blue moon this is just enough to start the car. So, I'll turn the key to start, the engine will turn over for however long I hold it there, and just as I start to turn the key back to run the car will fire a couple times and start up very non-gracefully.
This tells me that this is a problem with the ignition like I'm not getting spark sometimes. However, the reason I'm posting is because I don't really know what VATS does (or what it stands for, or how it works). Could this be a VATS problem, or does my ignition just have a bad connection?