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Subject:88 GL - Failure to Start - It's Back!!!!!!!!
From:JRodgers
Date:Sat, 14 Jun 2014 20:36:45 -0500

I have a Gremlin living in my van! I just know it!!

After all the trouble over the last few weeks with the failure to start
bit - I though the issue resolved when I swapped in another  coil. Not
so!  It started perfectly every time for 9 days straight. But today it
will not start.

It acts a bit like fuel starvation. Turn the key to aux - wait until the
door/key tone ends, turn to start. At this point - it will either sit
there and grind, grind, grind -OR - it fire up with a big varrooom then
run just a few seconds, then quit - as if starved of fuel. Kinda like
when you might give it a shot of starting ether - it catches, runs a few
seconds until the ether is burned up - then it quits.

I did a fuel pressure test and it was good - in the 30's psi range. I
also did a start test with the gauge connected - there was no change. I
did to a coil/computer control check, just in case. and got a good coil
spark and I could hear the injectors pulse. I did not, however - pull
the injectors to actually observe their spraying. That is for tomorrow
in good light, unless someone has some good ideas.

I will be putting in a new Temp II sensor tomorrow. The Digifant Service
Manual says that for any no start situation - the Temp II sensor is
always suspect.

Anybody got any ideas? I'll sure listen!!

Thanks,

John

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