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Old May 13, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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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.

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Old 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.
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Old 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...
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Old May 14, 2006 | 05:55 AM
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hmmm.. today it is not raining anymore and it started no problem...
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Old May 14, 2006 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Tark
hmmm.. today it is not raining anymore and it started no problem...
thats weird, is the car running good?
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Old May 14, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by teg92
thats weird, is the car running good?
it is running great right now.
distibutor?
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Old May 14, 2006 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Tark
it is running great right now.
distibutor?
could be the coil pack going bad
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Old May 14, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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sounds like distributor..had similar thing and just replaced it worke great after that
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Old 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.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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Good luck! :thumbup:
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