Elise wont start. Please can anyone help!

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I have a problem with my car that is driving me nuts and need some help please ?
I have searched the archive and have found some related threads but none that match my problem exactly.
First of all I should say that it is an elise I have not an exige (I wish !!) - but it is a 2001 model and has the same alarm as the 340R and the Exige ie the Meta 99.

Some of the time the car is fine - disarms - starts - lovely !
The next time (always at the most embarrassing of moments - it will not run - I disarm as normal, turn the key and it will fire for about 1 to 2 seconds and then die !!
It does not matter what I try it just does the same thing - runs very briefly then is dead.
I can leave it for 30 minutes sometimes and it will be OK - the longest was 3 hours !!
Local alarm dealer says that the alarm is OK and that it is something else - (not too sure how he comes to this conclusion).

Any help would be very gratefully received please ?

Many thanks.

This was a post listed some time ago without a solution but I have the exact same problem.
Please can any one suggest anything?
many thanks

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Maybe it’s something to do with those sticks holding your arms up - but seriously I have no idea and it looks like no-one else does either, did you see the Meta 99 post in the same area?

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If the alarm disarms and the car starts, it cannot be an alarm problem. Sounds like a fuel pump problem if it’s runs for a few seconds and then dies it sounds more like a dodge pump. Is it louder than usual perhaps?

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try changing the plugs, mine wouldn’t start on Saturday, I changed the plugs and it started first time

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If the alarm disarms and the car starts, it cannot be an alarm problem. Sounds like a fuel pump problem if it’s runs for a few seconds and then dies it sounds more like a dodge pump. Is it louder than usual perhaps?

Agree 100% with this… If it fires at all then the immob is working fine. Look at the fuel pump, blocked filter, etc.