Stalled and won't start
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Stalled and won't start Hi all,
I have a 97 Trans Am
In August I replaced the fuel pump and ICM. I started the car Saturday for it's weekly start and fired right up. Then stalled now won't start again, just turns over. I hear the fuel pump kick on when I turn the key. The original Opti is in the car, but I only have 37,000 miles on it.
Could the Opti be gone?
Is there an easy way to tell?
Thanks for reading or any input.
I have a 97 Trans Am
In August I replaced the fuel pump and ICM. I started the car Saturday for it's weekly start and fired right up. Then stalled now won't start again, just turns over. I hear the fuel pump kick on when I turn the key. The original Opti is in the car, but I only have 37,000 miles on it.
Could the Opti be gone?
Is there an easy way to tell?
Thanks for reading or any input.
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It could be many things. First rule out fuel "pressure" as a cause. Hearing the pump or just pushing the Schrader valve and seeing gas come out is NO way to check FP. Use a gauge
If FP checks good move on to ignition
ICM/Coil/Opti are then likely candidates. If the ICM you replaced was not a AC Delco....might want to test that. Some auto part stores have a tester for it....but it can test good cold but fail when hot. The later not something that occurs during bench testing...unless you use a heat gun on it
If FP checks good move on to ignition
ICM/Coil/Opti are then likely candidates. If the ICM you replaced was not a AC Delco....might want to test that. Some auto part stores have a tester for it....but it can test good cold but fail when hot. The later not something that occurs during bench testing...unless you use a heat gun on it
If an opti acts up it usually presents with sputtering/missing/backfire/etc. The "starts fine one minute/quits the next" is usually coil/ICM related. As stated, check your fuel pressure. If you want to do a shade tree thing, get some starter fluid, have someone crank over the engine while you spray it in the throttle body and see if it'll fire up.
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OK thank you for the replies.
So I can't get a fuel pressure gauge until the weekend now. I had replaced the ICM and fuel relay in August when I replaced the fuel pump. So I replaced those with the old ones that I had (because it wasn't them in August it was the fuel pump).
My buddy just came over with a spark plug tester and we put that on, I am not getting any spark.
Like I said the car was running fine, started no problem, just died at idle and now just turns over.
So now I am thinking coil????
So I can't get a fuel pressure gauge until the weekend now. I had replaced the ICM and fuel relay in August when I replaced the fuel pump. So I replaced those with the old ones that I had (because it wasn't them in August it was the fuel pump).
My buddy just came over with a spark plug tester and we put that on, I am not getting any spark.
Like I said the car was running fine, started no problem, just died at idle and now just turns over.
So now I am thinking coil????
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So I am not very knowledgeable with checking omhs. But I put the positive on where the coil wire connects and checked the other 3 connectors I get the same reading (the dial on the omhs reader at 20k) which is 5.61
I also checked that all 3 connectors have continuity between them.
Does any of this makes sense?
I also checked that all 3 connectors have continuity between them.
Does any of this makes sense?
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