could it be a crank sensor?

I've got a problem with a 97 gtp with 127 thou on it. cars been runing fine, then last night went out to start it and all it does is crank. it's really cold about 0 degrees. the battery seems to have enough juice. its cranking fine. but it wont fire. i havent gotten a chance to check for fuel pressure, or for spark. after reading through some of the other posts here. it seems like it could be a fuel pump resistor, fuel pump, crank sensor. coil packs. any number of things. my best friend is a mechanic he was going to bring his scanner over and see if it might be throwing any codes. its my girlfreinds car and she really needs it back in working order. im kinda unfamilliar with grand prix. never done much work on them. i love the car and have looked into buying one in the past just always stuck with hondas i guess. big-L you seem to be the man with all the answers, if you read this maybe you might have a little insight. thanks for any help.

Try this post from GTPDAD;

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=347959


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I've got a problem with a 97 gtp with 127 thou on it. cars been runing fine, then last night went out to start it and all it does is crank. it's really cold about 0 degrees. the battery seems to have enough juice. its cranking fine. but it wont fire. i havent gotten a chance to check for fuel pressure, or for spark. after reading through some of the other posts here. it seems like it could be a fuel pump resistor, fuel pump, crank sensor. coil packs. any number of things. my best friend is a mechanic he was going to bring his scanner over and see if it might be throwing any codes. its my girlfreinds car and she really needs it back in working order. im kinda unfamilliar with grand prix. never done much work on them. i love the car and have looked into buying one in the past just always stuck with hondas i guess. big-L you seem to be the man with all the answers, if you read this maybe you might have a little insight. thanks for any help.

Yeah i read that one a little bit ago. I was thinking of trying that. Boy that would be a easy fix. thanks for the reply. I was kinda leaning towards a fuel line problem because it ran just fine that morning. and then all the sudden it wouldn't start. Not falling tach like some of the others have had. no intermittent problems with it starting. this is just the first time it wouldnt start.

Id start with what Dad recomended,then lets use know whats going on from there.

~Larry~

thanks guys i'll try the fuel addative and let you know.

hey it is a bad fuel pump. now i just gotta spend the $300 to buy a new one. larry thanks for the in depth details on how to change it. i found that in a pervious post.

larry thanks for the in depth details on how to change it. i found that in a pervious post.

It's good to know that some of my old post are helping other's :biggrin:


~Larry~