Car wont start
May 13, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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Car wont start
yesterday no problem AT ALL this morning it's rainy and now the car wont start. first time it does that... it cranks and all.
any ideas?
May 13, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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i would start by checking the battery, check if your getting spark, and see if your fuel pump comes on.
May 13, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by teg92
i would start by checking the battery, check if your getting spark, and see if your fuel pump comes on.
well if it's cranking then i would guess the battery is not the porblem right?
is there a fusefor the fuel pump?
i will check for a spark...
May 14, 2006 | 05:55 AM
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hmmm.. today it is not raining anymore and it started no problem...
May 14, 2006 | 07:05 AM
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hmmm.. today it is not raining anymore and it started no problem...
thats weird, is the car running good?
May 14, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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thats weird, is the car running good?
it is running great right now.
distibutor?
May 14, 2006 | 09:48 AM
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it is running great right now.
distibutor?
could be the coil pack going bad
May 14, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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sounds like distributor..had similar thing and just replaced it worke great after that
May 14, 2006 | 11:02 AM
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I'd replace dizzy, cap, rotor, and coil. I had the same problems on my old car with stalling in the rain, replaceing the igntion parts above fixed it.
May 14, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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