Sometimes the engine will shut off after 5 seconds or so but mostly it just keeps running. Carburetor or fuel injected.
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Engine keeps running when ignition turned off. If the engine idle speed is too high it may cause the car to diesel after it is shut off. Does your car have fuel injection or does it have a carburetor. Part 2 of 3. Yesterday after i turned off my car i got out and saw that the car was still running. I cannot figure this out for the life of me. This lasted a minute or so that seemed like an hour or so.
Running cooling fans help cool down the engine even after you turn off car. This connector is usually located. Diagnosing a dieseling engine step 1. And compass stay on all of the time now unless i unplug the harness. Running on is when the engine continues to turn after youve switched off the ignition because the fuel air mixture is being ignited by a hot spot in the combustion chamber. Or run some errands and then park the.
I got back in the car turned the key to start it again and then turned it off and it stayed off. Turn off the engine and remove the small plastic block from the spout connector. Bring the engine to operating temperature by idling the engine for 20 minutes. Just started happening the engine continues to run when the key is turned off. What could cause that in a 1997 honda accord ex. Check the idle speed.
Doublecheck for melted harness or a short to that resistor bypass. Car engine doesnt turn off when removing key or pressing stop it is a strange problem to have a car that wont turn off when you remove the key from ignition or press the engine stop button. Connect the timing light to the battery terminals. When the engine is turned off the coolant doesnt circulate and the heat stays trapped therefore prolonging the engine from cooling. The gauges all die down and the ac turn off but the engine keeps running until i open and close the door then it will turn off. If your cooling fan runs for over 10 minutes after turning off the engine you may have a problem that needs to be fixed.
Certainly sounds like one of the computers is malfunctioning which incidentally is what they replaced. Your engine will continue to run even when you remove the key from the ignition because the fuel pump is not shutting off. Not sure which one but between the bcm and tcm it seems the bcm would be the logical culprit. Shut off but the engine keeps running. I turn my truck off and the engine keeps running after the key is removed. Either way the battery dies over night i dump the clutch to stall the engine.
Furthermore because the mixture is often firing at the wrong point in the cycle the engine does not run smoothly but jerks and rocks badly on its mountings and sometimes backfires. Try startingengine warm with the brown wire off the fenderwell solenoid if no click put it back and try with the purple off pretty sure doing one of those will remove the resistor bypass should still start if warm but weaker spark might be a problem for cold starts. Nov 11 2015 405pm. Here are some possibilities causing the fan to stay running longer. Truck keeps running after ignition is turned off. The cooling fans radio heater fan etc.