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'94 850, 87,000 miles/17,000 from last T-Belt and complete tune: The car has been running well with no problems. Three days ago, my wife moved the car 15' to cut the grass (what a great wife!). She walks to work so there was no need to even try the car until today. And it won't start! The starter spins the engine nicely, but no start. Popped the oil fill off, and verified the cam is turning. Checked for codes, A2 (fuel) and A6 (ignition) are both 1-1-1. I have spark, at least as far as the coil wire. Pulled the spark plugs, they are quite wet (with fuel), so I ASSume the fuel pump and relay are functioning.

It was too late to go get fresh spark plugs, so I used the old heat-them-up-with-a-propane-torch-until-the-gas-is-burned-off trick, spun the started
sans spark plugs to clear the cylinders, reinstalled the plugs....and no start. Knowing the battery is a bit low by now, I charge it up, and try again. No start. I smell lots of gas at the tail pipe. So I clean the plugs again, unplug the injectors so no more fuel is added, and try to start it again. It almost catches, as I would expect, so I re-plugged the injectors....and she spins, but won't start. Still, all I get is 1-1-1 codes on A2 and A6.

HELP! I can't even get my 1800 ES out to drive it instead! HELP! HELP!






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