Frustrating no start issue
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Joined: Dec 2020
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From: Chesapeake Bay
Frustrating no start issue Owned car for 3 weeks.
2nd time stranded.
Key will turn in ignition but nothing. No dash lights etc. Stereo stays on weirdly.
Security light sometimes. I have a Rick's vat bypass with proper resistance. Installed that just now. No dice.
Last time after awhile it just started.
Kept messing with it nothing. Had to leave it there.
Cleaned resistor pellets.
Ignition cylinder feels sloppy. Is that my problem?
Also weirdly sitting there with nothing on occasionally heard a light clunk and once the windshield wipers moved a bit.
2nd time stranded.
Key will turn in ignition but nothing. No dash lights etc. Stereo stays on weirdly.
Security light sometimes. I have a Rick's vat bypass with proper resistance. Installed that just now. No dice.
Last time after awhile it just started.
Kept messing with it nothing. Had to leave it there.
Cleaned resistor pellets.
Ignition cylinder feels sloppy. Is that my problem?
Also weirdly sitting there with nothing on occasionally heard a light clunk and once the windshield wipers moved a bit.
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 651
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From: NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY PARK
Vats will kill the fuel pump or ignition but it will crank
the BCM vats will not let the car turn over but the dash etc. should all work
Do the head lights come on, is the battery dead? You have to isolate this more, check all the fuses.
the BCM vats will not let the car turn over but the dash etc. should all work
Do the head lights come on, is the battery dead? You have to isolate this more, check all the fuses.
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
Actually, no... VATS in 4th generation f-bodies will kill the fuel pump and starter relay but not the ignition. The car will not crank and, even if it did, there would be no fuel to keep it running.
