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Old 05-27-2005, 09:25 PM
Ryan066 Ryan066 is offline
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No-start

1990 3.3L v6
No start
Been sitting since after christmas. Ran fine before it sat for this lenth of time.
Doesn't turn over but trys Damn hard.
1st:
Put a shitty battery in it (3 volts) and tried to jump start it with another vehicle... at first we got nothing. Tried it a couple times and we got a Very slow cranking over. Would prolly only make it 1 Revolution and it would stop and you couldn't crank it over anymore, you had to turn it off then back on.
The jumpers were getting really hot and the donar car's headlights went dimm while cranking over the other.

So I thought it was seized.. when we first checked the oil it was well over the full mark (about an inch or prolly more) so then I was (still am a bit) thinking that it got hydraulic locked and broke a rod, valve or something.

Drained the oil out of it.. got about 4L drained out of it. Put about 3 litres of tranny fluid(clean it up aa bit if we get it running) in. (didnt bother to change the filter yet) Tried to crank it over again... cranked a little faster but still the same deal.

So I poped off all 6 spark plugs (broke one wire, damn near crumbled in my hands) and turned it over and it Finally kept cranking over.. so its not seized just taking alot to turn it over.

Looked in the valve cover where u put the oil in and I can see the valve spirings moving so the timing belt didnt snap.

Breifly checked for spark at one of the coils and got nothing.. no arc's.
Tried cranking it over and stepping on the gas pedal and couldnt smell a thing.

My guess: Bad connection(s) everywhere, esspeccially going to the starter (high resistance), fuel pump, Ignition control module.

Going to give it a good inspection tommarow.. was getting kind of late tonight.

Any Ideas?
Thanks...
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Old 05-31-2005, 08:26 PM
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Re: No-start

check fuses for fuel pump, ignition, pcm. Does CEL flash on-off-on when turning ignition to run position? Can you hear fuel pump running? check for voltage at the fueltank harness connector. gas pedal only controls air, pumping it won't produce any more fuel. may need a fuel filter if you have volts to pump but no output, of course it may need a pump too, listen for it to run for a few seconds after ignition turned on. stick your ear at the filler neck with the cap off and have someone turn the ignition on for you. If no sound it's electrical or pump.
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