96 1500 will not start.

96 Chevy 1500 Will Not Start. |
pwedge []
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09-20-2004, 10:00 AM
96 Chevy 1500 Will Not Start. (Post #1)
Ok guys here is one for you. i have a 96 chevy 1500 305 vortex 175000. it will not start. it was running fine till one day last week i got in it and it took forever to start, but it did finally start. then i drove home. the next morning it started fine, drove to work and when i went to leave work it took forever to start. ran kinda crappy on the way home but still got me there. the next morning i got in it and it would just trun over and over but not start and it hasn't started since. it will sputter everyonce and a while when i stop turning the key but will not start.

i have tried a couple things to fix it. first thought was a control module. i replaced that and still nothing. second thought was a fuel pump because i realized that i was getting fire to the pulgs. replaced the fuel pump (even though i could hear the old one come on when i turned the key over.) then i was stumped. i then took it to pepboys and they told me that they think it had jumped time and the timing chain needed to be replaced. so i took it apart and the timing was perfect. #1 cylender up while marks on gears lined up. so that rules out the timing idea. then i thought maybe a fouled spark plug. i replaced all the plugs. all smelled like fuel when i pulled them out. after i got eveything back together i tried it again and nothing.

any advice / tips directions on where to go from here would be wonderful.

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09-20-2004, 06:09 PM Re: 96 Chevy 1500 Will Not Start. (Post #2)
Fuel pressure regulator, bad intake gaskets, fuel pump pressure or pump itself, fuel filter, and last(probably the cheapest) the cap and rotor are prone to going out without warning at that many miles. Hope this helps -Chris

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09-20-2004, 09:29 PM Re: 96 Chevy 1500 Will Not Start. (Post #3)
You mentioned that you have spark. Is this at the plugs? the coil? Where?

Did you check the fuel pressure at the schrader? You could have nothing more than a plugged up fuel filter.

pwedge []
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09-21-2004, 12:41 PM (Post #4)
i had spark at the 1,2 & 5 cylenders. will check all and fuel pressure tonight.

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09-21-2004, 02:54 PM Re: 96 Chevy 1500 Will Not Start. (Post #5)
are you shure the fuel pump is pumping all the time
or is it cutting in and out.

pwedge []
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09-21-2004, 02:58 PM (Post #6)
when i turn the key on it pumps for a couple of seconds then stops.

broughy84 []
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09-21-2004, 04:36 PM Re: 96 Chevy 1500 Will Not Start. (Post #7)
that's what it is supposed to do. You should have spark at ALL cylinders, not just 1,2,&5. Try new AC Delco plugs, cap and rotor. Any SES light?


pwedge []
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09-24-2004, 09:26 AM (Post #8)
i put a new dist. cap and button on it last night and i am getting spark at all cylenders.