V6 no start update - it starts

[Mike LaRosa]

--- Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Mike LaRosa wrote:
> > was it simply flooded ?  I've had it happen on
> V8's
> > when the battery was low and it didn't start right
> > up...  had to clean the plugs, charge battery,
> hold
> > pedal to the floor....
> 
> Who knows?  I did charge the battery, but that was
> only after cranking the engine so many times trying
> to get it to start.  Was the battery too low at the
> first attempt?  I don't think so.  But, the plugs
> were fouled and replaced (twice), the battery was
> charged, the pedal was to the floor, and it started,
> so maybe there is some truth to that.
> 
> I don't think the O2 sensors are/were the problem,
> as people have pointed out, they only fine tune
> the mixture.  Speculation was that the cam position
> sensor was dead; but why would holding the pedal to
> the metal un-kill it?


the o2 sensors certainly got a good fuel bath,  i'd
clear the codes and check them again in a few days...


> 
> With all the replacing of plugs and what not, my
> guess is it was/is/will be again electrical -- bad
> connection, bad plug wire, fouled plug, dying
> sensor,
> ...
> 

I don't know the compression ratio on the v6 but on
the v8 it's real high and the v8 is real tempermental
because of that...



> Thanks for all your help. Stay tuned for the next
> unexpected puzzle.
> 

LOL :)


Mike,


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> Kent
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
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