starts in the morning but won't restart if I turn off

1997 SATURN SEDAN
121,000 MILES
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TOAD1372
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my 1997 saturn sl will start when sits over night but the min i shut it off it wont start back up without flooring the gas pedal dozen times then it smokes shakes any ideas?i just replced the valve seals.
Sep 5, 2011 at 9:58 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Replace the coolant temp sensor and if the terminals in the connector going to it are blue or green insteqd of silver you will have to replace the connector also.Its really common for those sensors to fail read way too cold verus actual temps and cause hard starts a bunch of different symptoms.They also tend to leak coolant into the connectors corroding them.Let me know what you find.
Sep 5, 2011 at 10:54 PM
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