Remote starter works, but stops engine after 2-3 seconds

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » January 17th, 2009, 5:20 pm

Hey guys.. I got my remote starter working, except that it kills the ignition after 2-3 seconds. It kills the starter as expected, right on time (as soon as the engine lights up), the idle starts to settle, then bam.. cuts the engine.

I've been trying to figure it out for an hour now. Does this problem sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions?

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » January 18th, 2009, 10:04 pm

Shut off timer? maybe you have it set to seconds rather than minutes?

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » January 19th, 2009, 1:05 am

Nd4SpdSe wrote:Shut off timer? maybe you have it set to seconds rather than minutes?

Good thinking, but there's only 2 settings (5/15 minutes iirc).

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » January 21st, 2009, 12:50 am

Bah. Found the problem. It was that shitty carvox unit.

The resistor they used on the sense line was either too low current, or too low resistance. It melted. I changed it for a 13.2kOhm 1/4 watt and it's working perfectly now. Yay remote start.

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Remote starter works, but stops engine after 2-3 seconds

Remote starter works, but stops engine after 2-3 seconds

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