# Always Starts First Thing BUT Can Die and ROT

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/always-starts-first-thing-but-can-die-and-rot/28870>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/always-starts-first-thing-but-can-die-and-rot/28870 "2009-04-08T02:54:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![LuddyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@LuddyB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LuddyB)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/always-starts-first-thing-but-can-die-and-rot/28870/1 "2009-04-08T02:54:18Z")

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'94 Olds 88 always starts in AM or after work. Every 2-6 wks engine dies at speed and won’t restart for up to an hour! Listen to those semis blast by! Usually (but not always) happens after a weekend of hard rain.