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Acclaim cranks but won't start
Any suggestions please.
1992 Plymouth Acclaim cranks strong -- battery at 12.5 volts -- but won't start. Hasn't been started for 36 hours before discovery of the problem. Engine code is 55. Fuel filter is several years old. Alternator is new. Timing belt and muffler are fairly new. I'm going to go check the tailpipe to see if somebody put a potato in it. -- Reply in group, but if emailing add 2 more zeros and remove the obvious. |
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Uh, any spark or fuel to the injectors?
"Tom Del Rosso" > wrote in message ... > Any suggestions please. > > 1992 Plymouth Acclaim cranks strong -- battery at 12.5 volts -- but won't > start. Hasn't been started for 36 hours before discovery of the problem. > Engine code is 55. Fuel filter is several years old. Alternator is new. > Timing belt and muffler are fairly new. > > I'm going to go check the tailpipe to see if somebody put a potato in it. > > > -- > > Reply in group, but if emailing add > 2 more zeros and remove the obvious. > > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Shep" > wrote in message
... > Uh, any spark or fuel to the injectors? Thanks, but I never checked a fuel injector before. Is access fairly easy? -- Reply in group, but if emailing add 2 more zeros and remove the obvious. |
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"Tom Del Rosso" > wrote: > 1992 Plymouth Acclaim cranks strong -- battery at 12.5 volts -- but > won't start. Hasn't been started for 36 hours before discovery of the > problem. Engine code is 55. Fuel filter is several years old. > Alternator is new. Timing belt and muffler are fairly new. Disconnect the battery for 2 minutes, reconnect it, crank the engine and then re-check the codes. If you see an 11, your distributor pickup is in need of replacement. A fuel filter that is "several years old" is very likely in dire need of replacement. And you can check the fuel injector by removing the air cleaner assembly and peering down the throttle body throat while someone else cranks the engine. You should see atomized gasoline hitting the throttle plate. DS |
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"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu... > > Disconnect the battery for 2 minutes, reconnect it, crank the engine and > then re-check the codes. If you see an 11, your distributor pickup is in > need of replacement. A fuel filter that is "several years old" is very > likely in dire need of replacement. And you can check the fuel injector by > removing the air cleaner assembly and peering down the throttle body > throat while someone else cranks the engine. You should see atomized > gasoline hitting the throttle plate. Thanks. I see here that 11 is sometimes much worse. http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html 11 No ignition reference signal detected during cranking (bad Hall effect) OR timing belt skipped one or more teeth; OR loss of either camshaft or crankshaft position sensor. Can cause the engine to stop working entirely with no limp-home mode. -- Reply in group, but if emailing add 2 more zeros and remove the obvious. |
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On Tue, 17 May 2005, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> > Disconnect the battery for 2 minutes, reconnect it, crank the engine > > and then re-check the codes. If you see an 11, your distributor pickup > > is in need of replacement. A fuel filter that is "several years old" > > is very likely in dire need of replacement. And you can check the fuel > > injector by removing the air cleaner assembly and peering down the > > throttle body throat while someone else cranks the engine. You should > > see atomized gasoline hitting the throttle plate. > > Thanks. I see here that 11 is sometimes much worse. > http://www.allpar.com/fix/80s-codes.html > 11 No ignition reference signal detected during cranking (bad Hall effect) > OR timing belt skipped one or more teeth; OR loss of either camshaft or > crankshaft position sensor. Can cause the engine to stop working entirely > with no limp-home mode. Don't scare yourself with unlikely scenarios. |
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or....
pull the dirstibutor cap and have someone crank it. Make sure your distributor is even rotating to make sure your timing belt is at least intact. then.... if it is, (maybe look inside the cap make sure its decent) put the cap back, take a can of ether (starting fluid), spray it in the air breather for a couple seconds then crank 'er. If she sounds like she wants to start, then you have spark at least. It may even run for a second or two. I think I'd try that for a $1.69 first. If it runs for the few seconds, you have a fuel problem. If it wont run on ether you at LEAST have an electrical (spark) problem, most likely not injectors. my .02 |
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