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Old 06-18-2007, 08:36 AM
raymr raymr is offline
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Originally Posted by gmercoleza View Post
My FPR was resoldered once and still caused the behavior similar to yours. Each time it stalled or failed to start I inserted my paper clip and it started right up. So I ordered a new FPR, and it never happened again. It has been a year with no problems, and I drive it daily. It might not be a bad idea to consider a spare FPR anyway...
Sure enough, the engine failed to restart, I took out the FPR, shook it and plugged it back in, and it starts. This was repeatable several times. All the solder connections still look OK. So like a caveman, I whacked it against something hard and that fixed it, for now. A new one is on the way.
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