Car broke down away from home. Cranks but won't start.
03-07-2013, 04:40 PM
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Car broke down away from home. Cranks but won't start. This morning it took my car a few cranks to start for the first time ever. But it started after 3-4 tries and drove fine all day.
Then I parked it, went into a store, and when I came out it will not start. I checked and it has fuel pressure.
What it doesn't have is spark. I popped a couple spark plug wires and there was no spark. I checked all of the connections I could and nothing. It cranks fine but it can't fire.
It fired once when I had 2 of the spark plug wires off and it had good spark. I killed it to put the wires back on and it has never started again. I finally had to abandon it and get a ride home to get my kids.
So, something is causing all 8 coil packs to fail at once the majority of the time, and intermittently fire again.
Any ideas? I need to be able to get my car home.
Then I parked it, went into a store, and when I came out it will not start. I checked and it has fuel pressure.
What it doesn't have is spark. I popped a couple spark plug wires and there was no spark. I checked all of the connections I could and nothing. It cranks fine but it can't fire.
It fired once when I had 2 of the spark plug wires off and it had good spark. I killed it to put the wires back on and it has never started again. I finally had to abandon it and get a ride home to get my kids.
So, something is causing all 8 coil packs to fail at once the majority of the time, and intermittently fire again.
Any ideas? I need to be able to get my car home.
03-07-2013, 10:22 PM
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if engine is trying to turn over it isn't the VATS system, I went through that a few weeks ago. I'm wondering if a fuel pump fail, maybe pump is bad or filter clogged? Pull out the fuel filter relay, clean off contacts, and try again.
03-07-2013, 10:31 PM
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sorry, you answered the question about fuel pressure, I just saw that. Make sure all sensors are plugged in good, including cam sensor. And check grounds, add one if you have to. Since it isn't starter, or fuel, or VATS crap, and it starts itermittantly, is prob a sensor is loose or bad.
03-07-2013, 10:32 PM
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I doubt he had a fuel gauge just cuz it has a lil dont mean it will start im thinking crank or cam trigger possibly ignition (if your sure it has "correct" fuel pressure the no spark at times is confusing I agree scan tool needed
