Car Starts and Dies after a few seconds
 

Don't know if this is the right section but on my 98 T/A I went out yesterday morning and tried to start it and it cranked fired and ran for like 3 seconds and shut off, after that I would crank it nad it would fire but not run for more than a second. I tried to use the search feature but it kept loading a bad page. Anyways has anyone else experience this. This is my DD so I kinda need to fix it quick. Where I live it is freaking cold out and I would have to get a trailor to get it to the shop to work on it so I am looking for easy fixes.

turn the key to the acc position; do you hear the whiring sound from the fuel pump? sounds like a fuel problem, but take a look at your battery terminals and check for corrosion just to cover the bases.

Ya my fuel pump primes every time so I kinda nixed that idea and I have yet to check any grounds but it is weird because it just sort of sounds like it runs out of fuel when it turns off. I will take some video of it and upload it.

I see this all the time...it's the "cold start function". After driveing your car all summer, your IAC will get dirty/carboned up. Take it out, clean it up and you will be fine.

http://media.putfile.com/06011001_new


Above is the video taken of it starting and then dying.

Anybody??? Really need some help .... this is my DD and I need it running.

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