The other day when I pulled into my garage, the hose coming off my AST got into my pulleys and caused my fluid to spew out. I turned the car off immediately, the temperature went no hotter than normal.

The next day I replaced the torn hose and went to crank the car and it wouldn't crank. I tried to the point of flooding the car. I checked the plugs and they were fouled. I changed the plugs and tried to crank it again and it still wouldn't crank.

I put a little automatic transmission fluid (approx. 2 ounces) into a vacuum nipple on the intake plentum and sprayed a little starter fluid into the intake. The car fired right up. I drove it around (about 60 miles) and it ran fine, idled fine, and boosted fine.

I took the car home and the next day I changed the plugs again before trying to crank it. It wasn't flooded now and had good plugs. It still wouldn't crank.

I checked to see if I was getting fire from the coils and they are firing fine. I also checked all the values in my Power FC and no changes occured there either.

I can not figure out why the car won't crank. Once it is cranked (through inducing all that mess mentioned above) it'll run fine.

Any idea on what to check next? Anyone ever experienced this?

I NEED HELP !!!

Thanks.

 

For anyone else who may have this problem, I found out that my fuel pump was bad. Replaced it and wa la, no more problem.

 

i posted in the other thread but i'm curious how you diagnosed bad fuel pump. was it sheer instincts!?

 

Listened to it, sounded weak, more like a *girgle* trather han a pump priming the lines.

I borrowed a pump from my friend's 7 and it did fine.