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Tiny
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I jad a waek battery and when I replaced the battery the motor started all by its self ( key was not even in the ignition ) I disconnected the battery and the engine still runs I had to remove the fuel pump reay to get it to shut down
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 AT 5:32 PM

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Tiny
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Did you disconnect both battery cables?
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012 AT 5:37 PM
Tiny
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Yes I replaced both terminals as they were badly corroded
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012 AT 5:47 PM
Tiny
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I disconnected the battery and the engine still runs-I don't thinkl it will continue to run-there's no power going anyhwere if you in fact disconnected both cables

Problem here could be the ignition switch or the starter motor relay
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012 AT 6:00 PM

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