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Don?t turn off? My 1999 dodge intrepid doesn?t turns off after I take out the key? the engine still running but nothing else work?some times turn off after a few minutes but some others times it takes hours. Thanks.
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That engine is known to collect gunk in the oil system. That makes it hard for oil to get to the areas necessary, and causes engine wear. It sounds like that happened here. You might consider replacing that engine with the 3.3, which doesn't have that reputation. The rich smell is probably just the computer trying to compensate for the oil getting past the rings/valves.
When a car doesn't turn over at all, it is usually a dead battery, dead starter, or a ceased engine. The first thing I would do is bring the battery and starter to a place like Autozone or Advance Auto to have them tested for free. Check the oil to make sure you have some in there. Driving with no oil will cease your engine and leave you with a $500 tax deductible donation of your car.
On my 98' Intrepid I turn the key to "ON position" Three times.( on-off-on-off-on-off-on). Don't start it. It will show the trouble codes in the odometer space. To reset the codes just undo the Neg. battery cable for 30 mins..
Many vehicles turn on the electric cooling fan if the temperature is high under the hood which prevents hard starting of a hot engine.
If yours never has had the fan run for a minute or two, then it isn't supposed to but if it did it once but now doesn't, the thermal switch that should turn it on has failed.
Try holding the gas pedal to the floor before turning the key; if it starts, then there was too much gasoline in the cylinders causing wet plugs which don't want to fire.
Sometimes it's a bad regulator, sometimes they just stick in the run channel from a lack of use. Open the drivers door, turn the key on with the engine off and look at the dome light while pressing the window buttons. If the light dims slightly, the window motor is getting power. If it is just stuck, you can smack the center of the door panel with the side of your fist while pushing down on the button to jar it loose. Then lube the run channels and work the window a few times up and down. Sometimes you have to remove the door panel and smack the motor with a hammer to get it moving. The odds of all 3 regulators being bad at the same time is slim. Hope this helps.
first of all, check your code to see what the car computer shows. To do that , insert the key in the ignition and switch it on three time within 2 seconds and the third time live the key in the on position. All the instrument panel lights will lite and the oddometer will display the fault code that may br the cause for your car not starting. goood luck.
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