Ford: 95 Probe refuses to start.

You might want to get a diagnostic tester.
There are cheap ones at WalMart that come with a very
good book to tell you all the codes. (beep sequences).
Just make sure you read the instruction through all the way
before using one of these diagnostic testers.

"Ken" <com> wrote in message
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I have a 95 Probe with a 4 cylinder engine. I've got plenty of spark,
the fuel pump is working, and yet the injectors don't seem to be
firing. Can anybody help me with this mystery. I know very little
about these cars. The fuel pump does prime up before actually turning
the engine to start it. I just can't figure out why it won't run.


Thanks! Any help appreciated.

Ken,
check out www.probetalk.com for lots of help and parts.
Good luck , John

Ken wrote:
 

Ken opined in news:com:
 

Are you SURE the injectors arent firing?
Go to parts store, buy an injector test lite...
Or check a plug.. damp?

Have you checked timing?

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:39:48 -0000, Backyard Mechanic
<com> wrote:
 

I'm but the donator of the Probe to a family member. It was
originally my son's car and it up and quit running.. even despite
that, and the fact that the body is mint, I took over the car and
donated it to my older brother for fixup for his daughter's first
car..

I was down working on it last weekend with my brother, and did plug
in a scan tool and pulled several codes. everything that's needed to
make the car run is there. We turned the engine over while listening
for the intjectors to fire, and there didn't appear to be any sound
coming from any of them.. My brother's first instinct was that the ecm
was dead, and or at least the cirucuit that fires the injectors is
dead. My feeling was that the ecm is good, but there's some other
underlying problem causing it to not run. The engine won't even
sputter. We don't know enough about the controls in this car,so we're
simply taking pop shops in hopes of finding the problem.

Thanks

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 10:44:09 GMT, <Com> wrote:
 

I already own an OTC scan tool and have pulled several codes. one or
two of the codes have no meaning in the code charts I've been looking
through.

Thanks.


 

Ken, post the eec codes from your scanner, and what your book says they are.

Also, what is your fuel pressure on the rail while cranking? Sometimes the
pump will run but will not pump, and/or your regulator could be stuck too.

Have you tried some ether to confirm that the mechanicals are capable?

How did you confirm that you have spark?

Rob
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"Ken" <com> wrote in message
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Ken opined
 

Codes ARE??

HAve you checked timing?!!!!


You're asking for help but you arent sharing your info.

The ECM isnt DEAD, may be crippled.

Wanna throw money at it? Find a yard that likes probes.. they'll have plenty
of ECM's on the shelf

Backyard Mechanic opined in news:168.3.44:
 

 

I'm starting to get the idea that you would like one of us to go into the
EVTM and post the troubleshooting tree, Well maybe someone will but I aint
gonna do it.

The REASON for these boards is to share what we know, exercise our minds
analysing problems, and learn something in the process.

You are posing a puzzle without setting out the assumptions OR answering the
clue questions.. which leaves us with nothing to proffer but wild ass
guesses.

So either play fair or get the fuck out.