thrashingcows
Senior Member
Hoping someone can toss out some ideas on what's wrong with her car....88 Aries with a 2.5L TBI and an auto. Cream puff with 83K original KM's. Car ran great for a couple weeks after my daughter finally got her license and insured it, then came out one morning and this started.
First the problem...
Get in the car and turn the ignition to on and the fuel pump will prime the system, start the car and it fires for a second or two then dies. Even holding the key in start it will fire then die, then crank, fire and die again.
What have I done....
Before all this I did a service on the motor, fresh oil and filters (oil and air), new PCV valve, new cap and rotor, new coil, new fuel filter, new O2 sensor, Also a new timing belt and tensioner pulley. Serviced the transmission with new filter and fluid and adjusted the bands.
I spent hours searching the interwebs and found a bunch of threads on old boards with conditions similar to what her car is doing and started with the simple stuff first.
Checked all vacuum hoses for cracks and wear, and hooked up....no change.
I replaced the coolant temperature sensor...no change.
I then replaced the Air Intake Temp sensor...no change.
Replaced the distributor HAL magnetic pick up...no change.
Replaced the Idle Control solenoid...no change.
And today I replaced the fuel pump in the tank....again no change.
I have done the ignition on/off thing to check for codes and nothing comes up.
So now I don't know where to go from here...any thoughts, suggestions very much appreciated.
First the problem...
Get in the car and turn the ignition to on and the fuel pump will prime the system, start the car and it fires for a second or two then dies. Even holding the key in start it will fire then die, then crank, fire and die again.
What have I done....
Before all this I did a service on the motor, fresh oil and filters (oil and air), new PCV valve, new cap and rotor, new coil, new fuel filter, new O2 sensor, Also a new timing belt and tensioner pulley. Serviced the transmission with new filter and fluid and adjusted the bands.
I spent hours searching the interwebs and found a bunch of threads on old boards with conditions similar to what her car is doing and started with the simple stuff first.
Checked all vacuum hoses for cracks and wear, and hooked up....no change.
I replaced the coolant temperature sensor...no change.
I then replaced the Air Intake Temp sensor...no change.
Replaced the distributor HAL magnetic pick up...no change.
Replaced the Idle Control solenoid...no change.
And today I replaced the fuel pump in the tank....again no change.
I have done the ignition on/off thing to check for codes and nothing comes up.
So now I don't know where to go from here...any thoughts, suggestions very much appreciated.
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