I need help, car wont start
10-21-10, 04:33 PM
#105
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/el1jLusA1j4?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/el1jLusA1j4?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
you can see that the plate does not open without force
you can see that the plate does not open without force
10-21-10, 04:58 PM
#106
Fubar. Doesn't have full range, needs replacing regardless. Probably something snapped inside. Did you get any resistance readings across the pins? It'd probably idle without being able to move fully, but if the rheostat broke inside, it's not going to play. You definitely need a new one, but let's see what the readings are before calling it quits.
10-21-10, 05:56 PM
#109
You may be doing it wrong... make sure the multi-meter is set to read resistance (ohms) aka... omega sign.... aka upside down horseshoe. And that the resistance setting is somewhere in the 1000k region of ohms, then probe the AFM as instructed per the FSM
If it still reads 0.00 then yea, your AFM is totally screwed and that is absolutely definitely your problem, er, one of your problems.
If the AFM should read absolutely zero across the board for all the probing points that the FSM says (highly highly highly unlikely) that and the fact that your tach suddenly spiked makes me wonder if there is a larger electrical issue here at play.
If it still reads 0.00 then yea, your AFM is totally screwed and that is absolutely definitely your problem, er, one of your problems.
If the AFM should read absolutely zero across the board for all the probing points that the FSM says (highly highly highly unlikely) that and the fact that your tach suddenly spiked makes me wonder if there is a larger electrical issue here at play.
10-22-10, 05:00 PM
#119
I could only speculate about that. Try getting another AFM on there for grins and see if it fires up and stays running. In the meantime, wire in a fuel pump kill switch so you can still start the car when it floods like crazy and start saving money for the next problem....