Intermittent Failure

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trainguy1989

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The car is a 1994 Ford Taurus SHO 3.2L, VIN P, and 180,000 miles. The car stalls intermittently (not knowing when it is going to happen). Sometimes it starts right back up or takes more than an hour to start up.
It has given me these codes : 211 (PIP circuit fault), and 556 (Fuel pump primary circuit failure). The 211 code always shows back up after running it. At first I thought it was overheating, but it is not. I looked at the cps and this seems like a probable cause. After it quits and try to crank it gives no spark what so ever until you let the car sit several hours. SHOZ123 told me "PIP is the crank sensor though it usually will not give a code." He has always been helpful to me, but why would it not give a code? Would the DIS module cause these problems? Since it has 180,000 mi, I do not know when the 60k was done, but none the less it is due for another. Other than that the car runs very well, no knocks or pings. :braincramp: Is there anything else you could think of?

Any help and input is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
David
 
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It's the crank sensor, well probably the waterpump going bad and leaking on the crank sensor, that's what the code is. Also do not worry about the fuel pump code that just means the car stalled. When was the last time the car had a 60k?
 

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I had two ATX's like that, one was loose cables on the battery and the other was a bad CCRM that would start up after giving it a good whack. Never had any codes until it was back up and running, showing the same two codes you have.
 

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Hey thanks. That's what I thought. Will a bad cps cause a no spark condition? I do not know when the last 60K was done. Acquired it with 180,000 miles.
 

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I had two ATX's like that, one was loose cables on the battery and the other was a bad CCRM that would start up after giving it a good whack. Never had any codes until it was back up and running, showing the same two codes you have.
So you had a bad cps too?
 

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