Help, engine died and will no longer start.
02-11-2005, 12:31 PM
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Help, engine died and will no longer start. I was going down the road and my car backfired really loud, now my car will no longer start. The car tries to start normally but the engine will not turn over. Could anyone help me out here, I inspected under the hood and could not find out what is wrong with it. I filled my car up earlier that day so maybe I could have bad gas?
02-11-2005, 01:14 PM
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You mentioned the car wouldn't turn over. Will the engine not rotate or will it not ignite the fire? Any more details? Was the backfire out out the tail pipes? ( that's actually called an afterfire) or was the sound under the hood-did it pop back into the intake manifold ( that's a backfire). Details?
02-11-2005, 01:20 PM
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The engine will rotate just fine just won't start and run. I couldn't reallly tell at the time where the sound came from (stereo was on) but I would say the engine itself would be my best guess. The fuel pump still primes and what I can the the fuel system seems to be ok. I'm guessing either a case of bad gas or I threw the timing chain.
02-11-2005, 01:40 PM
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Here is an idea. You might be hearing fuel pump noises but you would want to see if fuel is getting to the rails. Look at the end of the fuel injector rail and look for the cap (looks like the air fitting for a tire) remove the cap and press the nipple to see if high presure fuel sprays out. You might want to have a rag over the nipple when you do that so fuel doesn't go everywhere. You must have the ignition key turned to the on position which will prime the fuel. IF there is very little or no pressure then I am willing to bet that your fuel pump relay is no good. That will check the fuel easily. if that doesn't work 
I wil give a few tips to check ignition.
I wil give a few tips to check ignition.
02-11-2005, 01:46 PM
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When the backfire happened, were you at full throttle, shifting , decelerating ,what were the circumstances that caused the pop? 
What are the miles on the engine? Did you Tap the throttle and then get then get on the trottle again?
What are the miles on the engine? Did you Tap the throttle and then get then get on the trottle again? Last edited by FIREHAWK#608; 02-11-2005 at 01:52 PM.
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02-11-2005, 09:32 PM
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Yup if you have fuel Opti would be next
I had one last week that was running and died. had new opti on it. We had fuel AND fire. This means the opti is sending signals (Or no fuel out injector or spark) but not firing.
In the end the new cap had shorted out internally! Put on new opti , she fired right off and ran great. Swapped caps and car would not run again, swap caps back and it ran like a dream
Good luck man!
I had one last week that was running and died. had new opti on it. We had fuel AND fire. This means the opti is sending signals (Or no fuel out injector or spark) but not firing.
In the end the new cap had shorted out internally! Put on new opti , she fired right off and ran great. Swapped caps and car would not run again, swap caps back and it ran like a dream
Good luck man!
02-11-2005, 11:23 PM
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Didn't you just put a water pump on that car a few weeks ago?? Seems like I remember reading that post. The water leak must have gotten to the opti. Too bad you didn't change the opti at the same time........ but I wouldn't have done it either.
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Originally Posted by Cerwin Vega Fan
I was going down the road and my car backfired really loud, now my car will no longer start. The car tries to start normally but the engine will not turn over. Could anyone help me out here, I inspected under the hood and could not find out what is wrong with it. I filled my car up earlier that day so maybe I could have bad gas?