Originally posted by zbgebe:
Originally posted by Tony2005:
Originally posted by crappywheelhop:

LMAO OK, sorry I was joking... seroiusly though, thats not even an issue. ..... I was just trying to emphasize that there is no way I know of that a clogged fuel filter could cause a car to lose spark...



LOL. Crappy, you're ok, I don't care what the others say about you, but you're ok.

But I wasn't suggesting that a clogged filter was making the car lose spark. It could be sputtering due to lack of fuel due to a clogged filter (or air filter).



Tony,

I wish that was the problem right now. It would be a whole lot easier than what it seems to be. Unfortunately, there is no sputering, It cranks but won't start. In fact, there isn't even a signal from the PCM to the FP relay. And, there is something else going on as just shorting the relay and leaving the pump on all the time doesn't fix the problem (at least it still won't start). BTW, the tank is a little over half full and when I siphoned it out, it was as clean as a whistle.

Jason





Jason, crappywheelhop has you on the right track (as he should being an ASE tech). Have you looked in to your ignition relay? It is located in the under dash fuse box. It's the yellow one. I've had a number of them with the same no start symptom as you're describing and the igintion relay was the issue with all of them. Not saying it's your issue for sure, but it's easy to check.

If that relay has malfunctioned the pcm will not receive a signal. Therefore it will not power the pump relay or provide any spark. The car will still crank over just fine, but with out the pcm receiving the ignition signal it will never start.

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