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Car starts only sometimes... Seems to have no spark

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Old 03-18-2013, 03:27 PM
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Default Car starts only sometimes... Seems to have no spark

So my 98 accord EX intermittently won't start but turnes over just fine. When it finally fires a green key light flashes 3 times. Can someone help please!!
 
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Old 03-19-2013, 06:15 PM
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Can you get into a habbit of turning the key to on and watch the lights on the dash.....green key light, cel....I think the key light flashes three or four times and the cel comes on and stays on for ~3 seconds. THEN try to start the car.

Watch these during the times it starts vs when it does not....is there a difference.

Meanwhile, never hurts and costs almost nothing to check and clean the battery terminals. Just be sure you have the radio code if it is a factory radio.
 
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