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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 02:12 AM
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i had the same problem twice (when i was workin on it in the garage i once left the door open, another time i left the keys in the ignition with it switched on). both times the battery was drained. i was still able to start it, but it would die and idle roughly. got a new battery and that solved the problem
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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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After letting my battery drain, I had the same problem. I suspect the alternator is putting a heavy load on the engine while trying to charge the battery and quite possibly not outputting a consistent amount of voltage/current.

I put a trickle charge on the battery overnight and all was well.
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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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I'm guessing maybe letting it completely die is letting your ecu lose stored map memory. Once powered back on may take a few to collect itself and get back on track. Idk i may be talking out my butt but my .02
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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 01:14 PM
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so it turned out that it was my altenator so i am just replacing it with a high output alt.
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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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Got low volts Eh? Thanks for getting back! Please let us know if that does it.
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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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Haven't been on here today. It stopped. I didn't do anything to it. And im not gonna try to make it do it again lol
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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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Well that's nifty. I've seen talk of 40 cycles.....my Renix is dumb as a stump, which is fine with me. If your battery or alternator is going you'll probably know soon enough.
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