car runs about 10 sec. shuts off will not crank back up for about 3 hours then runs about 10 sec cuts off

Asked by sheppardk74 Nov 21, 2015 at 01:05 PM about the 2000 Mercury Sable LS Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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Try swapping out your fuel pump relay witha different one and see if that does it. It sounds like possibly it could be over heating the relay and killing it.

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