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'87 245 - ongoing saga - now running - but hard starting - then once running it is ....... 200 1987

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posted by  lucid on  Tue Dec 21 01:35 CST 2004
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Sorry if I added to the confusion. Yes, gas smell does suggest flooding, so I thought a look at the plugs might verify it.

If it's pumping any fuel, and the injectors are passing it into the cylinders, that at least confirms that the Ignition CU is working — because the ICU must give an "OK" signal to the Fuel system before the Fuel Relay will be energized to power the pumps and injectors.

It may be that the ICU is "working", but that the actual spark generation or delivery is faulty. Do you know the age of the cap. rotor, wires, and plugs?

I wouldn't suspect the coil itself, but it is a possibility I guess. So is anything that impedes or reduces the current flow thru the coil Primary windings. Something as simple as Bad Coil Connections (poor conductivity due to corrosion, etc.) can definitely cause a no-start. I think this could be temperature-related too (worse cold --better warm).

My daughter on Martha's Vineyard learned this when her '87 no-start was fixed by the local tech working both primary connectors off and on a few times, then charging the prevailing $84/hr minimum rate.
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Bruce Young
'93 940-NA (current) — 240s (one V8) — 140s — 122s — since '63.






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