Start but shut off

Asked by Gussie Nov 27, 2018 at 09:45 PM about the 1996 Ford Mustang

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car starts and shut off after a few seconds,  pump is priming on the key but
seam to stop pumping after starting. pump was changed but still same problem

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James answered 5 years ago

for safety sake some cars had things like inertia switch in trunk needing reset after quick stop , another was low oil kill pump switch to save engine from no oil

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Salsero63 answered 5 years ago

Gussie did you resolved your problem I have a 1995 mustang with the same problem

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