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[BIGT94z]

so this mourning my car did that thing again...the check engine and air bag lights didn't turn on when i turned the key so i knew it was not going to start...so i got a wire and ran it from my battery to my positive wire that goes to my distributor....it started but when i took it off it died..i use to do this and it would then stay running....what do you think the issue is? ...is that whole wire bad that goes in my distributor....i just got a new starter so it cannot be that....and since it started when i put a hot wire to the distributor i know it is not the distributor...any thoughts would be great...all my components worked inside the car also except for the icons on my dash....i'm not a electrical genius when it comes to cars..PLEASE HELP ME! thanks guys

[BIGT94z]

thnaks guys...the problems is taking care of

[pregmantis]

what was the problem? I would like to know

[BIGT94z]

It's not the starter relay. That one is fine, it is the main fuse relay the 70 amp one. The power flows in two branches; one to the starter and one to the fuse box. The reason for this is that the starter requires cranking amperage much higher than the rest of the system can handle. At some point you had a power surge or the relay just went bad. This means you can get power to the starter, but not the ecu. THe radio runs off a different branch. I'm hoping there is not something else wrong with the electrical system that caused the power surge, because it can occur again. The number 1 cause of this problem is incorrect jumpstarting. which i have not done...maybe a previous owner