# My Accent won't start with a hot engine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-accent-wont-start-with-a-hot-engine/78400>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, accent\
**Created:** [April 1, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-accent-wont-start-with-a-hot-engine/78400 "2013-04-01T22:42:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![hagai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hagai](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hagai)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-accent-wont-start-with-a-hot-engine/78400/1 "2013-04-01T22:42:24Z")

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Hello,  
I have a mysterious problem with my Accent (2008). It starts perfectly on cold mornings after an overnight sleep but has difficulties on starting after I drive for half an hour or more, stopping and turning off the engine and then trying to start again after a few minutes stop. The starter would sound then stuttering as fighting against a very heavy load, like an electric shaver with a bad battery. Sometimes it won’t spin and I have to wait several nerve wracking minutes or more to be able to start the engine. The car was checked in a certified garage. The electricity is very good and they also replaced the cam sensor with a new one. The car drives better on heavy load etc., but no change on the actual hot-starting problem.  
Thanks in advance for any help / suggestions.

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**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-accent-wont-start-with-a-hot-engine/78400/2 "2013-04-02T00:45:09Z")

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This may not apply to your year. I worked on a 1996 Accent with exactly the same problem. It was intermittantly hard to restart after a drive and stop. I rode along until the problem surfaced. The ignition timing was way off on the failed restart (severe kick back). After I connected my timing light, the subsequent crank was without incident; the engine started; and the timing was correct.

I immediately thought of the cam position sensor and crank postion sensor. Since these sensors are Hall Effect sensors, I would have difficulty checking the electronic circuitry. After checking the replacement price for these sensors, I decided to try cleaning their connector plugs. After pulling the plugs apart; cleaning with contact cleaner; and giving a squirt of WD40 to each end, I reassembled them.

The problem has not reappeared.

Hope this gives you some ideas and is helpful