car wont start i need help
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car wont start i need help
my 92 was being put away for storage, car running down road started missing/sputtering,etc, then died. now car wont start.. had a running rough problem intermittently past few times driving. sometimes ran fine. i had to hold pedal to floor to get it to start back up before. now that wont work. you can smell fuel while turning over. friend put a plug on one wire off of engine to see if spark. theres spark. he even sprayed either in tb. still wouldnt fire up at all. any help in right direction/startingpoint will be greatly appreciated. i need to get car put away for winter thanx guys....
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You have the symptoms of a too rich mixture to start and run. Measure the fuel pressure, then with pressure, turn off the ignition and see how long the fuel pressure holds. If it drops rapidly, then you have one or more leaky injectors. Remove the flexible horn going to the MAF and try a start, you may have a clogged air filter. Holding the pedal to the floor while cranking shuts off the injectors to allow clearing the cylinders, but if your injectors are leaking, this won't work. Pull a spark plug and see if it is wet with gasoline, another sign of leaky injector/s.
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Originally Posted by 85autoxr
my 92 was being put away for storage, car running down road started missing/sputtering,etc, then died. now car wont start.. had a running rough problem intermittently past few times driving. sometimes ran fine. i had to hold pedal to floor to get it to start back up before. now that wont work. you can smell fuel while turning over. friend put a plug on one wire off of engine to see if spark. theres spark. he even sprayed either in tb. still wouldnt fire up at all. any help in right direction/startingpoint will be greatly appreciated. i need to get car put away for winter thanx guys....
