Ive been battling fuel problems for a while, but now i got a whole new problem, my car wont turn over. In fact, im not getting any spark. I checked the coil, its fine, i checked the ignitor best I could, but from what the helms manual says it could still be bad even if all the test are fine. It stoped running when i was backing out of my driveway and scraped my o2 sensor wires off. I know, it sounds weird, but i was doing some testing and put a different o2 sensor in the bung on the bottom of my exuast, it was only like a 1" of the ground and the wires scraped completely off the sensor..the car immediatly cut off. Now my fuel pump wont come on with the ignition to ON, i have a check engine light, and for some reason i cant check it, it just stays solid and doesnt flash. So basicly i have no where to look. Im seriously considering standalone right now simply because i would get rid of the stock ecu, 02 sensor, fuel controller, distributer...pretty much everything. Any advice?

 

Disconnect the battery and reset the ECU..
scraping the 02 sensors wires could have "corrupted" the ECU programming if the car was runnning..
make sure the 02 sensor wires are repaired or not touching each other when you do the reset..

I'm am assuming that the car actually turns over, but doesnt start.. the header is kinda misleading..


[Modified by BreakStuff, 4:00 AM 8/25/2001]

 

Turning over to me would actually be starting. So bascily it wont run... Ive already reset the ecu...normally with the ignition to ON the the check engine light will come on and disapear, but it stays.

 

I think that you shorted out the computer. If th car was running and you scraped those wires off together, you probably fried the computer when they contacted. If this is the case, you mays well just get a new ECU. If you can find a friend of yours who has another car like yours, borrow his ECU a try it out. If that works, then replace yours.

 

It may not be your ECU, you may have just blown either the ECU or main relay fuse by touching the O2 sensor wires. Check all your fuses.

 

I swaped out the ecu with a different...no spark this time either. What are the chances of it being the ignitor?

 

go check your fuses like i said, it's probably not your ecu, and it's not your ignitor if you aren't getting fuel either.