soclosenotnear
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- Joined
- Oct 12, 2011
- Location
- summerville, south carolina
Good afternoon,
This issue has been happening since I bought this car. Worth mentioning it was a turbobrickers car before me, although I didn't buy it from an enthusiast.
Sometimes, no apparent rhyme or reason, the car will not start. It may have started 6 times earlier that day. Or it may happen on first crank of the day. When this no start occurs, it may or may not actually start on two cylinders for a few seconds and then die. Sometimes it will run on two cylinders (not even registering on the tach) and eventually clear up and run great. Every time, within minutes, it will fire up and run well. I could crank it ten times without it running, then wait ten minutes and it will fire up like nothing happened.
I have a parts car and have thrown the proverbial parts cannon at it for zero cost. But I have replaced cps, coolant temp sensor, o2 sensor, injectors, fpr, cleaned iac valve. I've also converted the car to wasted spark to eliminate the ignition stuff. Swapped both computers. Plugs and wires. Maybe some other things. Nothing has changed my symptoms.
I have no check engine lights. It does not register codes, even when it happens. Otherwise, it runs pretty well for the most part. Last couple times it happened, I've been able to move wiring around under the hood and immediately get it to fire up. The very last time, it cleared up after moving around cps wiring at the connector and nothing else. I pulled the electrical tape back (no rubber grommet?) On the connector and it is two wires and another bare wire surrounding it. It is identical to my parts car and isn't it that bad of shape. So, I thought I found the culprit, but now I'm not sure.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to get it all out there. Hopefully it makes sense. Am I headed in remotely the right direction? Any suggestions or ideas?
This issue has been happening since I bought this car. Worth mentioning it was a turbobrickers car before me, although I didn't buy it from an enthusiast.
Sometimes, no apparent rhyme or reason, the car will not start. It may have started 6 times earlier that day. Or it may happen on first crank of the day. When this no start occurs, it may or may not actually start on two cylinders for a few seconds and then die. Sometimes it will run on two cylinders (not even registering on the tach) and eventually clear up and run great. Every time, within minutes, it will fire up and run well. I could crank it ten times without it running, then wait ten minutes and it will fire up like nothing happened.
I have a parts car and have thrown the proverbial parts cannon at it for zero cost. But I have replaced cps, coolant temp sensor, o2 sensor, injectors, fpr, cleaned iac valve. I've also converted the car to wasted spark to eliminate the ignition stuff. Swapped both computers. Plugs and wires. Maybe some other things. Nothing has changed my symptoms.
I have no check engine lights. It does not register codes, even when it happens. Otherwise, it runs pretty well for the most part. Last couple times it happened, I've been able to move wiring around under the hood and immediately get it to fire up. The very last time, it cleared up after moving around cps wiring at the connector and nothing else. I pulled the electrical tape back (no rubber grommet?) On the connector and it is two wires and another bare wire surrounding it. It is identical to my parts car and isn't it that bad of shape. So, I thought I found the culprit, but now I'm not sure.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to get it all out there. Hopefully it makes sense. Am I headed in remotely the right direction? Any suggestions or ideas?