Won't start, not getting fuel, no codes
03-11-2019, 07:53 PM
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BareBonesXL The engine will crank/turn over/spin. Good starter, good battery. It will "start" and "run" with starting fluid. Well, more sputter than run, but there is combustion occurring with starter fluid. The real mystery is, that when it decides to start, all I have to is "bump" the key and it fires up and and runs smooth as silk. I'm beginning to wonder if my PCM is losing it's mind, or my OBD diagnostic module is losing ITS mind. I REELY don't want to drop $100 on the roll of the dice to see if it is the fuel pump.
03-11-2019, 08:49 PM
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I really don't think it's a fuel pump thing. It may sit all weekend (Friday 4:30 pm to Monday 7:00 am) and fire right up first try Monday morning. It sits for 2 minutes while I run in the convenience store for a cup of coffee and: nada. I've gone for a week or two without any trouble, then every other time it won't start. This morning it would't start, I got P.O.'d and shoved inward on the key and it started. All day long, inward pressure on the ignition switch and it started. It may just be on a cooperative binge and I may be just dreaming that it's the ignition switch.
03-11-2019, 08:54 PM
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I'm with white and barebones... check the fuel pressure, it's simple and will help you so you don't have the "roll the dice" but even if you did roll the dice... fuel pumps don't last forever; you're on borrowed time regardless. Wouldn't be the worst preventive maintenance out there. Sure beats getting stuck on the side of the interstate at 2AM.
Tl;dr Check your dang fuel pressure you can't diagnose problems if you aren't willing to test anything
Tl;dr Check your dang fuel pressure you can't diagnose problems if you aren't willing to test anything
03-11-2019, 09:12 PM
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Well if it tripped the inertia breaker, he can do anything he wants to , it's not going to start ... not without a resetting the breaker by hand.
03-11-2019, 09:24 PM
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Either way.... he needs a reading off the FPR, or we can't diagnose a damn thing.
03-11-2019, 09:32 PM
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Ahh, didn't see that. I'd still check it, it may be tripped now.
So what's the hold up, doesn't want to check the pressure...fighting it lol.
So what's the hold up, doesn't want to check the pressure...fighting it lol.
03-11-2019, 09:36 PM
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Yeah... seems pretty simple.... and was suggested in post 3 or 4 - hopefully the OP finds the time to do it, otherwise we are throwing darts. Autozone rents FP gauges too...
03-30-2020, 01:15 PM
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What was the actual fix in case someone else has the same problem?
03-30-2020, 01:59 PM
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