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SF Coupe
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My car won't start and I've done some trouble shooting. I think it might be the computer and I want to hook up a known-to-be-good-computer just for grins. If somebody has an A9L sitting around that I could borrow for a day let me know.
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lxhatch5.0
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I got an A3M that you can borrow. Let me know. TTT
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SF Coupe
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Originally posted by street_illegal_stang:
could be your tfi.
Yeah it could be. I'm checking all the basics now. Checked compression last night, it was fine. The plugs were wet and smelled of gas when I pulled them out so I know it's getting fuel. The car ran fine last time I shut it off so that kind of rules out damaged internals. I'm going to reset the timing today and do a thorough check of spark.
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The_MuffinMan25
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How Long has it been sitting?
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SF Coupe
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Originally posted by The_MuffinMan25:
How Long has it been sitting?
5 days. It ran fine before. The only thing wrong with the car before was that the computer wasn't seeing the O2 sensors which caused some slight hesitation at part throttle.
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92stangLX
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Originally posted by SF Coupe:
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Originally posted by street_illegal_stang:
could be your tfi.
Yeah it could be. I'm checking all the basics now. Checked compression last night, it was fine. The plugs were wet and smelled of gas when I pulled them out so I know it's getting fuel. The car ran fine last time I shut it off so that kind of rules out damaged internals. I'm going to reset the timing today and do a thorough check of spark.
If the plugs are wet then it could be running rich. Try starting it with the gas pedel all the way to the floor.
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SF Coupe
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Tried that. I've determined it's weak spark. Apparently my roommate doesn't know the difference between good spark and weak spark. I was under the impression it had good spark the whole time until I checked the spark myself. The coil wire only puts out a piddly little orange/yellow spark when arced to the block.
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Update: My MSD distributor took a crap. Plopped a stocker in there and it runs like a champ.
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