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Old 08-20-2005, 09:43 AM
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Won't start

Car cranks but does not fire. Full of gas. :-)
Flashing 'Check Engine' light indicates no codes.

Is this a bad ECU? How do I check?
Daughter stranded.

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Old 08-20-2005, 04:45 PM
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fuel pump? fuel filter? ignition control module? timing belt? did it die while running or just not start the next morning?
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Old 08-20-2005, 05:34 PM
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Car cranks but does not fire. Full of gas. :-)
Flashing 'Check Engine' light indicates no codes.

Is this a bad ECU? How do I check?
Daughter stranded.

Thanks
Check your fuses first under the hood, especially the fusable link, and the ones under the dash on the drivers side and report back to us.
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Old 08-21-2005, 06:50 PM
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Fuses good

All fuses under dash and under hood checked good. Smells of gas when cranking, so I'm thinking fuel pump is OK.

If the ECU was bad, would I get the flashing 'check engine' light?

The car drove fine to parking lot at work, did not start after work. I went to check it, it did not start. When ignition turned on, all idiot lights stayed lit.

I checked codes at pin 2 behind kick plate, constant flashing on indicator. Then car started. I removed blue wire and car started 4 more times and ran fine. When my daughter went to pick it up, it would not start and has not started again since.

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I have a similar problem, after swithching 2 injectors with one another, the car won't start, and it smelles like fuel, almost started sometimes, now won't even try to start. Is there a way to check the fuel filter? Is it ok to bypass it for trying? Sorry for jumping into the thread.
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Old 09-26-2005, 07:48 AM
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It was the fuel pump.

I first tried the fuel pump relay, because it is sooo much cheaper, but it turned out being the fuel pump.. I am disappointed that there is no code to indicate that.

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