# Starts and shuts off

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/starts-and-shuts-off/52588>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [July 27, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starts-and-shuts-off/52588 "2010-07-27T23:36:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vwfan67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f05b48/32.png) [@vwfan67](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vwfan67)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starts-and-shuts-off/52588/1 "2010-07-27T23:36:58Z")

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I wash the engine and ran it for 30 min,and everything fine. Next day started with the problem,starts and shuts off,it a V-6.

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**Author:** ![kizwiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@kizwiki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kizwiki)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/starts-and-shuts-off/52588/2 "2010-07-28T00:41:03Z")

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First of all, don’t wash your engine. Washing your engine is like driving through a three-foot deep puddle at around 30 mph. You wouldn’t do that, would you?  
But you did, now the question is, which system did you mess up? I hope it has been a while since you replaced the car’s ignition wires, and if so you should replace them or just let them dry.