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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Rio Rancho, NM
Posts: 131
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Rio Rancho, NM
Posts: 131
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Weird No Start issue
Guys, I need your expertise as I am stumped.
I have a 1988 3.0, automatic, 275k on the clock, engine gone thru at 259k and it runs awesome. Fires right up on the initial turn of the key. I drive it daily and put 300-400 miles a week on her.
But....
every once in a while (meaning every 2 months or so) I have a condition where it wont start. I turn the key and it cranks butwont start.
However, if I spray some starting fluid into it, it starts right up and then runs perfectly fine for the next few months til this happens again. Then the process repeats.
A little more detail, it has only happened to me at home after the truck has set for several hours. But after the initial start it is perfectly fine.
1.5 years and 17k miles ago when the motor was gone thru, it also got new belts, hoses, a full tune up (plugs, wires, rotor, cap, etc) replaced head gasket, did a tranny flush, etc...
OK brothers, any suggestions what is causing this intermittent issue? Again, it only happens maybe once in about every 500 starts.
Thanks.
Mark
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