# engine fail **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [December 28, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-fail/130498 "2009-12-28T08:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![BRA\_GANZAAAAAA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bra_ganzaaaaaa/32/5673_2.png) [@BRA\_GANZAAAAAA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BRA_GANZAAAAAA)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-fail/130498/6 "2009-12-28T09:01:11Z")
> [@Polar Bear Swim](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/polar-bear-swim/25454/8): > > ignition barrel? you think that would do it? this was an intermittent problem before. like, the car would just run rough, backfire, then finally die. it would start up after a little bit of turning it over. now though, nothing. cause the exact same thing happened on my honda i had to bridge an external wire from the barrell to a switch, and it worked for the rest ofthe cars life --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/engine-fail/130498)._