Reply With QuoteMy 98 GT had a non-starting problem. Turned out to be an oxygen sensor broke
off & ground against the body of the car pulling 109 amps.
-Mike
Simon Putz <de> wrote in message
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last
took
under
engine were "toasted" it would do worse things than just loose some
upper-rpm power.
coil
the start motor tries to turn over the engine and cant?
and
shouldnt be anything "lemon" left inside.
or by yourself, doublecheck the ignition order, take a look at the plugs,
check the distributor, check the fuel pressure, check that the fuel pump is
running, check the air filter.
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- 08-23 11:26 PM #1nerdymarkGuest
98 Cobra won't start
Hello all,
My roomate's 98 cobra has been collecting dust on our driveway for the last
year.
He drives it like he stole it, so it's understandable that after time,
something will break. He started to notice upper-RPM power loss, so he took
it to the dealer. Apparently he used a batch of bad gas that pretty much
toasted all of his engine's components, and they replaced the engine under
warrantee.
And again.
And again.
The dealer checked the fuel filter, fuel pump, injectors, etc., and after
dumping tons of money into "let's try this, let's try that" to attempt to
fix it, it's still not running right.
As a matter of fact, it won't even start now.
The last thing the dealer tried to charge us for was new plug wires. We
laughed in their faces and took the car home.
We finally gave in to curiosity and put on a set of OEM wires, and no go.
(duh)
We're at our wit's ends here and we can't really think of anything (other
than ANOTHER bad engine) that will prevent it from starting and running
correctly.
The engine cranks but doesn't turn over. We recently but a set of Accel coil
packs and it still didn't help...
What do you think? Lemon? If so, anyone have any luck challenging FoMoCo and
getting them to buy the car back?
Mark
- 08-24 12:42 AM #2memset@perlcoders.comGuest
Re: 98 Cobra won't start
- 08-24 06:27 AM #3memset@perlcoders.comGuest
Re: 98 Cobra won't start
*sigh* so many probabilities. Get a local precision tune (if you have one)
to hook up a circuit breaker to it & debug. Can get costly though.
-Mike
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- 08-24 02:30 PM #4KatmanduGuest
Re: 98 Cobra won't start
>If the computer is swapped out it might not be programmed for the key
THAT is an excellent Point!
The PATS system will NOT work in some ECMs!
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"Brent P" <com> wrote in message
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last
took
much
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his engine were "toasted" it would do worse things than just loose some
upper-rpm power.
- 08-25 06:28 AM #5memset@perlcoders.comGuest
Re: 98 Cobra won't start
jriegle,
I have no idea, but that's what they said. It blew a 30A fuse (it's supposed
to have 20A fuse) immediately too. Once that O2 sensor was replaced it
worked perfectly. Started right up.
-Mike
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pump
- 08-27 01:30 AM #6GaryGuest
Re: 98 Cobra won't start
"jriegle" <net> wrote in message
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| The O2 sensor only carries a small sensor voltage from the computer. How
can
| it pull 109 amps??
|
Dead short in the sensor - it'll pull whatever the battery will supply and
the wiring will tolerate - until the fuse blows..
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