help crank and no start

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fast4door

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My Gf has been drivin my 92 lately and she called me this afternoon and said the car would crank but wouldnt fire up. What is causeing this. Car is about 30 miles from my house at her school so i need to get it fixed ASAP.

Thanks guys

Joe
 

johndallara

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no start

over the phone this can be hard. to start, you need air + fuel + spark + timing/orientation. assuming no physical damage (e.g. timing belt broke), the most likely problem is either fuel or spark.

you should ask if there have been any problems with the car lately -- driving difficulty, problems starting, etc. how many miles on vehicle.

you can also ask here to open the hood and have someone turn over the engine while she smells for fuel. clogged fuel pump, no fuel (a classic)

from there, it may be a simple spark problem such as loose grounding wire (connects from the back of intake to the firewall). check all of the easily visible electrical connectors -- e.g. coil pack, harness connection, DIS module.

best of luck, post back what you find.

JD
 

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Could it be just fouled?

Tell her to slam the pedal to the floor 100% wide open while cranking , this will cut the injectors from adding more fuel.

It could be more then that , but it costs 0 to try this trick.
 

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