Lately I have been having trouble getting my car started. It began a
> few months ago, when I started noticing that when I would turn the
> ignition, I would hear a click [which I now believe is both the relay
> for my ECU on the passenger side in the dash, as well as another noise
> coming from the large ECU component on the top part of my engine, next
> to the fuel injectors and the intake]. Nothing would happen. It would
> click, and that's it. After repeatedly turning the ignition switch a
> few times, eventually it would kick into gear, and my engine would > start normally.
>
> I shrugged it off as some weird old-car thing, since I have an 89
> mitsubishi galant, with about 230k on it.
>
> Well, a few days ago, it began doing some even weirder stuff. Now
> sometimes it will crank, but not start. The engine turns over just
> fine, so I know it's not a battery problem, and I just replaced the
> spark plugs and wires, so I doubt it's not getting a spark. Could it
> be the starter? Or, the ignition coil? The only reason I'm asking is
> because I don't want to spend $100 on a new starter and it turn out
> that that's not the problem.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any and all comment/suggestions, as I am a
> college kid without much money to afford a new car right now. Other
> than this occasionaly problem, my car gets me where I need to go, so
> I'm not complaining. Perhaps one day, I'll get a new, more reliable
> form of transportation, but I need this car to last until I can make > that a reality.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Joshua
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